Welcome To My World…
Some characteristics that are
prominent in my family…
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Almost everyone on my
mother’s side of the
family was born in
Kentucky.
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Everybody in my family
strongly encouraged
education.
Maternal great-great grandparents
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Thomas Jackson Price
and Sally Rainey Price
They lived in Danville,
Kentucky.
Maternal Great-Grandparents
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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
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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…
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In this picture he was
18 serving in WWII
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In this picture he was
about 7
Granddaddy’s Obituary
Nana
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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
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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
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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…
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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
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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
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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 Family
My mom’s side of the family
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My aunt Lynn teaches
Nursing at LCC and is
working on her
Doctorate at the
University of Kentucky.
Ashley, precious Cooper, and Me
Ashley, Cooper, and Me
The End
Sources
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I would like to thank my mother and my aunt
for their wonderful memories and stories they
shared for me.
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http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/state/kentuc
ky.html