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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Wednesday, March 21, 1984

Victor E. Prince

Graveside funeral services were held for Victor E. Prince, 63, of Fort Valley, Georgia in Oaklawn Cemetery in Fort Valley on Friday, March 2, 1984. Mr. Prince died Thursday morning, March 1, of respiratory illness.

He was a native of Louisiana, having grown up in the Fellowship Community near Sikes. He was a graduate about 1936 of the Gaars Mill High School and his parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Price. He was a veteran of World War II.

After graduation from the University of Maryland, Mr. Prince worked in 1948 for the U. S. Department of Agriculture and was employed in 1954 at the U.S. Horticultural Field Laboratory in Fort Valley, Ga. He released 15 peach varieties and initiated a breeding program to develop plum cultivars. Many of his cultivars have made marks on the international peach production. His peaches have been produced on six continents and his selections and crosses will continue to influence cultivars. He has published numerous research reports on the short life of peach trees and factors affecting peach production.

Mr. Prince was a member of the American and International Horticultural Society and the American Pomological Society. He received numerous awards in recognition of his work with the USDA. The Georgia Peach Council recognized Mr. Prince's contributions with the ``Mr. Peach Award'' and a special recognition on retirement in 1980.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Irene L. Prince of Fort Valley, Ga.; one daughter, Mrs. Vicki P. Oglesby of Augusta, Ga.; two sisters, Thelma Sanders of Minden, La., and Nelda Rae Prince of Shreveport, La.; and one brother, Edsel Prince of Dodson, La.