Newton Price
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Newton Hosmer Price (born May 11, 1885 in Valley Head, Dekalb County; died January 24, 1973 in Meridian, Mississippi) was principal of West End High School from 1930 to 1956.
Before taking over the newly-opened high school, Price served as principal of Elyton, Hemphill and Lee Elementary Schools.
After he retired to a farm near Meridian, Mississippi, the newly-built Price Elementary School was named in his honor. He died in 1973 and was buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Meridian.
References
- Ruisi, Anne (May 9, 2011) "Birmingham school names offer history lesson." The Birmingham News