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Submitted: 5/5/11 • Approved: 10/26/21 • Last Updated: 10/29/21 • R521232-G521232-S3
April 20, 1964 - March 29, 1995
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Monday, April 3, 1995
Calvin "C.J." Priddy, 30, of Fayetteville died Wednesday, March 29, 1995, in Fayetteville.
Born April 20, 1964, at Blytheville, a son of Calvin and Goldie Marie Riley Priddy of Gosnell, he was maintenance supervisor for the University of Arkansas Athletic Department where he had worked 12 years. He was also an avid motorcyclist and a Protestant.
Other survivors are his wife, Phyllis Hollingsworth Priddy of the home; two daughters, Christy Nicole and Stacy Lynn Priddy, both of the home; a sister, Julie Ann Glass of West Fork; and paternal grandmother, Vera Priddy of Ocoee, Fla.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at White Rock Pentecostal Church of God, Arkansas 16 west of Fayetteville, with the Rev. H. M. Shipp officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens by Sisco Funeral Chapel of Springdale.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Calvin "C.J." Priddy Memorial Fund, in care of McIlroy Bank & Trust, P.O. Box 1327, Fayetteville, 72702.
*Obituary (News Article)
Northwest Arkansas Times
Thursday, March 30, 1995
Accident at UA fatal to worker
A longtime employee of the University of Arkansas Athletic Department was killed Wednesday afternoon when he became trapped in an elevator shaft at Razorback Stadium.
Calvin "C.J." Priddy, 30, of Fayetteville was pronounced dead at the scene. While apparently trying to repair the elevator. Priddy had been trapped between the floor of the elevator car and the top of the doorway leading into the elevator, said UA Police Lt. Mike Terry.
Fayetteville Fire Chief Mickey Jackson said Priddy's body was not mangled and there was only "a little blood" at the scene. He said Priddy's body was found lying halfway inside the elevator and halfway outside the elevator shaft on the stadium's bottom level. Officials found Priddy in a "compressed" position, Jackson said.
Priddy, according to the UA directory, was the athletic equipment supervisor and had worked for the department for close to 10 years. His wife, Phyllis, is a custodial worker in the Athletic Department.
"C.J. was a member of the Razorback family, our family," said UA Athletic Director Frank Broyles. "His father worked for the Athletic Department, and C.J.'s wife works for the Athletic Department. This is tragic.
"I don't think anyone in the department was more loved than C.J. He had been around the Athletic Department since he was a boy when he would follow his dad around. We grieve for his family and will miss him very much."
Terry said a 911 call was made about 3:20 p.m. Wednesday from the UA campus and a UA police officer was on the scene within a minute.
Central Emergency Medical Service responded to the incident, and UA Police along with Fayetteville police officers directed traffic.
Representatives from an elevator company were on the scene, but Terry said no determination had been made about whether the elevator malfunctioned.
The investigation was continuing Wednesday evening and more information was expected to be released today.
Married April 3, 1987
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