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== Biography ==
Nicknamed "Brandy,", Price was born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1952. Her father was an automotive worker from the [[Mississippi Delta]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Venus and Serena Williams : a biography|author=Edmondson, Jacqueline|date=2005|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=0-313-33165-0|location=Westport, Conn.|oclc=58831607|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/venusserenawilli0000edmo}}</ref> She graduated from Buena Vista High School in 1970 and from [[Western Michigan University]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mlive.com/sports/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/08/poll_do_you_expect_venus_and_s.html|title=Poll: Do you expect Venus and Serena Williams to return to Saginaw to support the Urban Youth Tennis Foundation?|work=MLive.com|access-date=August 27, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> She has three daughters from a previous marriage to Yusef Rasheed: [[Murder of Yetunde Price|Yetunde Price]] (1972–2003),<ref>{{cite web|date=January 18, 2004|access-date=March 11, 2009 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/17/price.williams.sisters|title=Arrest in killing of tennis stars' half-sister|work=CNN}}</ref> who was a former beauty salon owner and registered nurse; Lyndrea Price, a Web designer; and Isha Price, a lawyer. After Rasheed's death, while working as a nurse, Oracene married [[Richard Williams (tennis coach)|Richard Williams]] and had two more daughters, [[Venus Williams]] and [[Serena Williams]]. Both Venus and Serena are high-ranked professional tennis players who have won numerous [[Grand Slam (Tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournaments. She helped her husband as he began coaching Venus and Serena in tennis. The Williams family moved to [[Florida]] on the offer of [[Rick Macci]] to coach their daughters for free.<ref>Edmonson{{clarify|date=March 2009}}</ref><ref>Donaldson{{clarify|date=March 2009}}</ref>
By the end of 2000, Price was no longer living with her husband Richard Williams, and citing irreconcilable differences, they divorced in 2002. She reverted to her maiden name of Price.<ref>Wertheim{{clarify|date=March 2009}}</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_7_58/ai_100544509 Serena and Venus on the fabulous Oracene, mother of the Williams Dynasty] Retrieved March 11, 2009.</ref>
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