Mr. Luther Diamond Price

Luther (“Diamond”) was born in Johnson County, GA on January 12, 1927 and left to meet Jesus August 29, 2016. He was preceded in death by his father (John Willie Price), mother (America Florence Meeks), wife (Fumiko Ikeda) and several brothers and sisters (Willie, Alice, Alma, Mabel, Audrey, Margaret, Jay B, Ostell, Quillion, Ernest, and Susie). He is survived by his son Luther Douglas (Doug) Price (wife Carole), grandson Nathan Douglas Price, granddaughter Natalie Louise Price, sister Ruth Price McAfee, long-time love Tatsue Fowler, and numerous nieces and nephews. During his long career with the Air Force (August 8, 1948 to September 30, 1968), he served in many places including Louisiana, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona and Japan. While stationed in Japan after WWII, he met and married Fumiko Ikeda in 1951. After the Air Force, Luther settled in Marietta, GA to begin a stint with Lockheed (now Lockheed-Martin) assembling the Air Force C-5A Galaxy. When that program was prematurely terminated, he joined the ranks of thousands of other unemployed men in the Marietta-Atlanta area. To make ends meet, Luther worked numerous jobs including delivering the Marietta Daily Journal and Atlanta Journal newspapers, Aero Mist, Inc., Imperial Refineries, and Hodge Army-Navy stores. He finished out his working career as part of the security detail at Dobbins Air Reserve base. After accepting Christ as his Savior, Luther became a devoted follower of Christ for 45 years. He was an active member of Lebanon Baptist Church, Roswell, Georgia. He loved volunteering in various children’s ministries including Vacation Bible School and AWANA. To several members of the church, he was known as the “candy man” as he always had Lifesavers with him and would hand them out freely to many of the children there. Luther believed in the power of prayer and started the online prayer ministry at Lebanon and was heavily involved in this ministry for many years. In his spare time, Luther enjoyed pistol and rifle shooting, gardening (particularly tomatoes and cucumbers), growing flowers, making Biblical bookmarks to hand out at church, and laughing with his loved ones. Luther’s funeral service was on Wednesday August 31,, 2016 at Lebanon Baptist Church and is interred in Cheatham Hill Memorial Park

Mr. Luther Diamond Price

January 12, 1927 - August 29, 2016