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Price Leonard Lapington

18 Jan 1919 – 27 Aug 1996

Birth	18 Jan 1919
Death	27 Aug 1996
Cemetery	Grove Hill Memorial Park Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA
Added by	P. Flym on 07 Dec 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32018940

Bio

LAPINGTON, P.L.--Funeral services for Price Leonard Lapington, 77, Grand Saline, were held at 10 a.m. August 29 in the Fruitvale Church of Christ with Carl McCann officiating. Burial was at 2 p.m. in the Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas under direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline. Mr. Lapington died Aug. 27, 1996, at his residence. He was born Jan. 8, 1919, in Van Zandt County to the late Price Leslie and Nora Lee Chaney Lapington. He grew up in Van Zandt County but lived most of his life in Dallas, returning to Grand Saline in 1970. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, receiving the Bronze Star Medal and EAME Campaign Medal with five Bronze Stars. He retired from the Dallas Fire Department after 28 years service, and was a member and former elder of the Fruitvale Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by a son, Mark Lapington, in 1976. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Lola Lapington; two daughters, Julie Pritchett, Dallas, and Charlotte Rutland, Conroe; brother, Irby Lapinton, Henderson, Kentucky; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Van Zand News Sunday, Sept. 1, 1996, page 13A WWII Veterans from Van Zandt County, Texas: Lapington, Price L.: Sgt. Price L. Lapinton, son of Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Lapington, Dallas,graduated from Van HIgh School, Entered service in 1940, trained at Ft.Sam Houston, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin and Michigan. Served in France,Belgium, Germany, Czechoslavakia. Has Pre-Pearl Harbor Ribbon, GoodConduct Ribbon, Bronze Star. Discharged in 1945 (photo with article)

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Lola Mae Moss Lapington 1918–2007 FaG

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Mark Ferrell Lapington 1949–1976 FaG

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