LOCUST GROVE, Ga. — Locust Grove Mayor Robert Price, 79, passed away suddenly on Friday.
The city announced his passing from “complications of a sudden illness” on Saturday morning.
Price spent more than 15 years serving the City of Locust Grove.
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He was first elected to the City Council in 2007.
In 2011, he was elected mayor. He succeeded the late Mayor Lorene Lindsey in 2012.
Each time he ran for re-election as mayor, he was unopposed. He was recently elected for another term lasting until 2028.
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The city praised him as a leader, saying “the government he ran with the City Council was widely supported by the citizens.”
Funeral services will be announced at a later date.
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