Veldine Sutton Price, 92 of Port Oran g e, FL , peacefully passed away
on Saturday August 24 , 2019, after a courageous battle with lung
cancer .
Born February 14 , 1927 in South Georgia , she was the daughter of the
late Jesse W . & Georgia Ella Sutton. Veldine moved to Port
Orange in 1932 and attended Port Orange Elementary and graduated
from Mainland High School in 1945.
She retired in 1989 from the Volusia County School Board after 35 years as a
school bus driver. She often spoke about how she had thoroughly
enjoyed the last 30 years traveling with her family, including trips to
Hawaii & Alaska. H er remark when she saw Old Faithful was "I read about it in
school, but never thought I would see it in person". She divided her time between
her home in Port Orange and her cabin in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of
NC. Veldine could tell you about every hiking trail within a 30 mile radius,
and loved to tell the story about her and Judy getting lost, where they
decided from tha t day forward they would tie ribbons on the trees when
they hiked or the time she broke her ankle at the bottom of a ravine and a Boy
Scout Troop earned another merit badge by bringing her back up the
mountain.
Veldine was a Florida Gator Fan, but her heart belonged to the Atlanta
Brave s . H er last words on this earth were "who won the g ame", we told her
"your Braves won mom."
Her last 4 months were spent at Selah Assisted Living with James & Christy
Richard, she loved to reminisce with James about growing up in Port Orange and
shared with him her many books of Port Orange history an d her WWII letters
and mementos from her first love Fred Downing . She loved to tease James about
only being fed bread and branch water, he treated her with love, dignity and
respect, we are forever thankful.

She cherished her weekly visits from her great granddaughter Julia , who
patiently read her the journal she had made for her "Nanny" about her
time at camp and her birthday cruise. She always had a to do list for her grandson
Jesse when he visited her from Gainesville. When brought the News
Journal every few days, her first question every time was, "am I in the
paper today?" I always said "no mom you haven't made it yet." Today
she made the paper.

Veldine was preceded in death by her husband Curtis Marsh Price, Jr.
killed in an automobile accident on Oct 31, 1 9 49, also by her Her fiancee Fred
Downing who passed in 1993. She was predeceased by Both her parents, her
sister Madelle Potts and brothers Allen & Wayne Sutton. - She is survived by
her loving family: her son Jerry Curtis Price (Robin), her daughter Karen
Bates Mahnke (Steve), her grandchildren; Joe Bates (Sabine) Kent
Bates (Teena) Jason Price (Tennille) and Jesse Price. She was also
survived by her great grandchildren: Jacob Price Bates, Lucas Jeffrey
Price, and Julia Paige Bates and her nieces Regina Potts, Lisa Weston, and
Terri Springfield. Her dear friend Judy Robertson, along with many other
nieces and nephews she loved.

As was her wish, her ashes will be taken to her beloved Blue Ridge
Mountains, where she last hiked Grandfather Mountain with her grandson Jesse in 2015
at the age of 88.She will be interred in the family plot beside her twin sister Vaudine at
Rocky Creek Primitive Baptist Church, where her great great grandfather
John Gatlin Roberts (1818-1887) was the first buried in the cemetery before
the church was built.

There will be no service, but donations in her memory can be made to Hali fax
Health Hospice, 3800 Woodbriar Trail Port Orange, FL 32129 or to a
char ity of your choice. Written with love by her daughter Karen