Death and After
Julian Price died in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina on October 25, 1946 in an automobile accident. His son took over leadership of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company for the next four years as its president. The insurance company that Julian Price developed ultimately became a Fortune 500 company.
The 4,200 acres (17 km2) of the Julian Price Memorial Park acquired by Price in the 1930s and '40s for his own recreational use is directly adjacent to the 3,500 acres (14 km2) of Moses H. Cone Memorial Park obtained by Moses H. Cone. Together they are now the largest developed recreational areas for public use on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The man made lake within Julian Price Memorial Park is called Price Lake and they were both developed out in Price's honor for public use.
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