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Welcome To My World…. Almost everyone on my mother’s side of the family was born in Kentucky. Everybody in my family strongly encouraged education. Some characteristics that are prominent in my family…. Maternal great-great grandparents. Thomas Jackson Price and Sally Rainey Price
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Almost everyone on my mother’s side of the family was born in Kentucky. Everybody in my family strongly encouraged education. Some characteristics that are prominent in my family…
Maternal great-great grandparents • Thomas Jackson Price and Sally Rainey Price • They lived in Danville, Kentucky.
Maternal Great-Grandparents • Thomas Jackson Price Jr. and Evelyn Hammond Price (Lynn) • They had one child Thomas Jackson Price III which was my grandfather. • They lived in Lexington, Kentucky. • My great-grandfather went to UK and owned an insurance agency here in Lexington. • He served in WWI and suffered through the Great Depression. • My great-grandmother was very thrifty and knew how to stretch a dime. • They were very loving and caring parents to my grandfather.
Maternal Grandparents • Thomas Jackson Price III and Betty Vanderpool Morford Price were married for over 40 years. • They had three children: Thomas Morford Price, Lynn Hammond Price, and Mary Vanderpool Price • All the children grew up in Lexington. • They were great parents that only wanted the best for their children. • My grandparents stressed education and encouraged dreams.
My granddaddy • My grandfather was born in Danville, Ky. and grew up in Lexington. • My grandfather served in WWII where he lost his hearing in his left ear from an explosion. • He went to UK on the GI bill and graduated with a master’s degree in mathematics. He was a member of the UK baseball team. • He taught high school and coached basketball, football, and baseball at Harrodsburg and Jenkins early in his career. • He worked at Cowden Manufacturing Co. for 26 years as the Vice President of transportation. • He also taught at Lexington Community College for several years. • He was owner of Air Freight Inc., Dollar Rent-A-Car, Transportation Unlimited and Red Arrow Delivery Inc. • He served several terms as president of the Central Kentucky Traffic Club. • He retired in 1983 for health reasons. • He passed away when he was 65 from a stroke.
Granddaddy Price cont… • In this picture he was 18 serving in WWII • In this picture he was about 7
Nana • The prissiest woman that ever lived was my grandmother, Betty Vanderpool Morford Price (Nana). • She was born in Owensboro, Ky. but grew up in Glasgow, Ky. • She was adopted into a prominent family where they had a cook and a maid. • Her new family offered her endless possibilities and provided her a wonderful life. • She went to UK College of Nursing where she met my grandfather. • Nana never went a day without her make-up on and her fingernails painted. If we saw Nana and didn’t have our make-up on she would ask us,” did you oversleep…are you sick?” • She was very lady-like and proper. • Her home was beautiful and professionally decorated. • She always stressed education to her children and she always said, “If you don’t expect it, you’ll never achieve it.” • My grandfather put her on a pedestal. • She died 2 and ½ years ago from a long illness at the age of 71.
Great-great aunt and great grandmother • Great-great aunt- Viola Vanderpool Harris • She came to Kentucky on a covered wagon from Oklahoma. • Her father owned a grocery store on a street which later became known as Vanderpool Alley (off Euclid). • She went to Transylvania University at a time when women were not encouraged to go to college. • She was very prissy and she never wore pants a day in her life because she believed it was unladylike. • She was active in the community and loved to play bridge. • She was very active in the Republican Party. • She helped set up the Mary Todd Lincoln Museum and Parker Place. • She died at 95 of old age. • Great grandmother- Pearl Vanderpool Morford was my grandmother’s adopted mother. • She lived in Glasgow, Ky. • She also went to Transylvania and played on the golf team there. • She believed women should all know proper etiquette, know how to entertain, play bridge, and golf. • She died from a fire in her house.
My Parents • William A. McCray (dad) and Mary Vanderpool Price McCray (mom) • Married on January 18, 1980. • My parents met through mutual roommates and eloped. • My father grew up in Lexington and graduated from Bryan Station High school. He then went to Eastern Kentucky University. • He has owned and operated an electronics business, McCray Electronics, for 22 years. • My father can do or fix anything and I like to refer to him as Macqyver. • My mother grew up in Lexington and graduated from Tates Creek High School. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a degree in child development. • Currently, my mother is a real estate agent which serves her well because my parents buy and sell real estate. • My mother has a talent for decorating and is very good at it. • I believe she could show Martha Stewart a thing or two. • My parents are wonderful people who raised two wonderful girls.
Sisterly Love… • My sister’s name is Elizabeth Ashley McCray Willis but goes by Ashley. • She is 25 years old and is married to Dave Willis and they have a adorable son named Cooper who is almost 2 years old. • My sister was a big entertainer who loved to sing and dance and was in two Broadway shows in New York City at the young age of nine. • She graduated from Lafayette High School where she was valedictorian, senior class president, drum major, and even homecoming queen. So, I don’t have to say I had big shoes to follow growing up. • She went to Georgetown College on a full academic scholarship and graduated with a degree in communications and a minor in political science. • She was going to go to law school but decided to get her masters in education and teach so she could impact children. • She was a teacher for a year until she became a mother. • Currently, my sister and Dave moved to Augusta, Georgia where Dave will be a minister and they are expecting their second son.
ME • My name is Morgan Kelly McCray and I was born on December 20, 1984. • As a child, I loved to cheer, dance, wear spandex, ride my jeep, and jump on the trampoline. • Currently, I am a student at UK and majoring in Elementary Education. • On the weekends, you can find me serving at El-Chico (a Mexican restaurant). • I absolutely love anything girly, especially the color pink!!
Family Portrait • My family is extremely important to me and we are all very close. • The beautiful dog in the picture was Honeybear who was my sidekick growing up as a young girl. • As well as Honeybear, my sister was and will forever be a very special person in my life. I look up to her in everything she does and we are sisters who share a very special bond.
My mom’s side of the family • My aunt Lynn teaches Nursing at LCC and is working on her Doctorate at the University of Kentucky.
Sources • I would like to thank my mother and my aunt for their wonderful memories and stories they shared for me. • http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/state/kentucky.html
