Honey Lou Funkhouser Obituary

June 28, 2025

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“TO READ MY TESTIMONIAL, YOU'LL HAVE TO START 5 MESSAGES DOWN AND READ UP. WHY SITES LIKE THIS HAVE A WORD LIMIT IS BEYOND UNDERSTANDING. BUT AS HONEY LOU WOULD SAY, "WHERE THERE IS A WILL , THER IS WAY!" ERIC PRICE.”

June 28, 2025

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“SHE IS NOW LIKE CAESAR'S LIVIA, "QUEEN OF HEAVEN"! AS LONG AS I LIVE AND BREATH, THE LEGACY AND MEMORY OF HER WILL BE ETERNAL! I LOVE AND MISS HER SO MUCH. AS I TAKE EACH STEP, SHE IS BESIDE ME AND WILL RELISH IN WHAT HER LEGACY HAS INSTILLED! GOODBYE MY DEAR AUNT HONEY LOU PRICE FUNKHOUSER, I LOVE, MISS, AND CHERISH YOU SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

June 28, 2025

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“"HOUSE ON THE HILL" IN BROAD RUN, VA. HER CHILDREN GREW UP IN A MAGICAL LITTLE QUEENDOM THAT IS LITTLE EXPERIENCED IN THIS DAY AND AGE. SHE WAS A TOUGH LADY, DEMANDING, YET LOVINGLY ENCOURAGING TO HER CHILDREN AND NEPHEW, ERIC CHRISTOPHER PRICE, YOURS TRULY. SHE MADE PEACE WITH WHAT COULDN'T BE CHANGED AND EMBRACED THOSE DEAR TO HER ACCORDINGLY, THOSE THAT RESPONDED GAINED LIFE LESSONS THAT COULD BE GAINED NO WHERE ELSE. THE LOSS OF HER COUNSEL IS MISSED BY ME BEYOND THE EXPRESSION OF WORDS.”

June 28, 2025

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“A WAY OF LIFE THAT THESE DAYS IS "GONE WITH THE WIND" BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM LIVING MY LIFE WITH THAT OUTLOOK. HER DADDY WAS A TREND SETTER, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE DEPRESSION HE TOOK ANDVANTAGE OF ONE OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTS STUDENTS PROJECT AND PARTICIPATED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AVANTE GARDE HOUSE FOR HIS FAMILY. THIS INSTILLED IN HONEY LOU THE STUFF OF DREAMS MADE REAL THAT SET A SPARK IN HER LIFE THAT WOULD EVOLVE INTO A SELF MADE CAREER IN THE ART OF DANCE AND HER OWN...”

June 28, 2025

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“AN EXECUTIVE WITH THE EVANSVILLE PRESS AND HAD TAKEN A 50% CUT IN SALARY BECAUSE OF THE DEPRESSION. BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HIM FROM PROVIDING FOR HIS FAMILY IN AN UPPER MIDDLE CLASS MANNER. ONE TIME AT A RESTAURANT, LITTLE HONEY NOTICED SOME SPOTS ON HER SPOON, AND HER DADDY SAID "SKEETER, YOU NEED TO TELL THE WAITER THAT YOU NEED A CLEAN SPOON!" AND THAT'S WHAT SHE DID, STARTING A LIFETIME OF WANTING A NICE LIFE WITH THINGS DONE THE RIGHT WAY! AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT. SHE INSTILLED...”

June 28, 2025

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“AND NOW FOR PAUL HARVEY, WITH THE REST OF THE STORY! HONEY LOU PRICE FUNKHOUSER WAS BORN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE DEPRESSION. SHE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 28TH, 1931. IT WAS A COLD DAY, THE DOW JONES CLOSED AT 73.84, DOWN FROM A HIGH OF 381.17. SHE WAS BORN TO TWO REMARKABLE INDIVIDUALS: JOHN EDWARD PRICE AND JEANETTE HARRIETTE FAUCON. THEY HAD A SON, JACQUE FAUCON PRICE AND A PREVIOUS DAUGHTER BY THE NAME OF JACQULINE WHO DIED IN INFANCY. THE DEPRESSION WAS RAGING, HER DADDY, JOHN PRICE, WAS...”