Obituary

Benjamin witten price, 32, of charleston, passed away on january 23, 2015, at home following a long illness.

He is survived by his wife, elizabeth lane price; his parents, joseph and cathy hart price of charleston; and his brother, jonathan hart (rachel) price and nephew, philip hart price of nashville, tn.

Ben was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, mr. And mrs. Donald r. (ruth witten) hart of huntington, wv; and paternal grandparents, mr. And mrs. C.B. (elizabeth) price of amherst, ma.

Also surviving are his in laws: gordon and susan lane, gordon lane, jr., and niece caroline lane of charleston, and addison lane of portland, or; his aunts and uncles daniel c. (karen) price of st. Albans, wv, donald r. Hart jr. And sue goff of pawleys island, sc, mary witten (dennis) ehlers of euless, tx; and cousins kristen ehlers patton of euless, tx and michael c. (jennifer) ehlers of cincinnati, oh.

Ben was a member of the class of 2000, george washington high school, where he played varsity baseball. He received ba degrees in political science and psychology from the ohio state university in 2004.  a dean’s list student, and extremely proud buckeyes fan, ben was inducted into pi sigma alpha, omicron chapter, national political science honor society, at which time he was presented with a certificate of recognition by the only two-time heisman trophy winner, archie griffin. Ben also received his j.D. Degree from the west virginia university college of law in 2008.

Upon graduation from law school, ben was employed as an associate at robinson & mcelwee, pllc, where he practiced in the labor and employment law department with his father, joe.  he was a member of the west virginia state bar, sports lawyers association, west virginia defense trial counsel, defense research institute, and society for human resource management, national member and charleston wv chapter member.

Ben was a mediation swarm participant as a volunteer mediator, circuit court of kanawha county; member of leadership kanawha valley, class of 2010; board member, capital midwestern little league, 2009-2011; coach, capital midwestern little league, 2008-2010; and he participated in the citizens police academy, charleston police department, 2014.

A “celebration of life” service will be 2 p.M. Saturday, january 31, 2015 at first presbyterian church, charleston, with visitation 1 hour prior to the service at the church.  rev. Jim roberts, associate pastor, first presbyterian church, and dr. Randy flanagan, lead pastor, christ church united methodist, charleston, will be officiating.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations, in memory of ben, be made to: “angels among us” at the preston robert tisch brain tumor center, duke university medical center, dumc 3624, durham, nc, 27110; or kanawha hospice care, 1606 kanawha blvd., west, charleston, wv, 25387.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.Barlowbonsall.Com .

Barlow bonsall funeral home, charleston has been entrusted with the arrangements.