RALPH RICE
1898-1957
LONG ILLNESS FATAL SUNDAY TO NIPPA MAN
Ralph Rice, 58, died in a local hospital Sunday morning, August 11,
following an illness of nine years.
The son of Mary Witten Rice and the late Thomas Rice, he was born
in this county September 6, 1898, and had been a life- long
resident of Nippa.
He had been employed in the mines prior to his illness.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Castle Rice and six
children, four sons, Richard, U.S. Army, Robert and Francis, both
of Chicago, Ill., and Floyd, Dayton, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs.
Hazel Lopez, Chicago, Ill. and Mrs. Grace Pelphrey, Ypsilanti,
Michigan. A sister, Mrs. Richard Salyer, Stambaugh, and a brother,
John Hayden Rice, Sitka, also survive.
Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 13,
at the Beech Grove United Baptist Church with Florida Lyons as
officiating minister.
Burial was in the family cemetery at Nippa.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 14, 1957
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