JULIA RICE
1864-1937

DEATH CLAIMS AGED WOMAN
   
Mrs. Julia Rice, 74, Died Saturday Afternoon
  
Julia Rice, aged and respected woman of Southside Addition, died at
her home there last Saturday afternoon at about 5:30, following an
illness of four or five months from Bright’s disease.  Mrs. Rice was a
member of a prominent Johnson county family formerly Miss Julia
VanHoose.
  
She was 74 years old at the time of her death.
  
Mrs. Rice was one of the best loved women in this section.  She was
very industrious and had the respect of her neighbors.  Left a widow
in 1906, she raised and educated six fine boys and girls who are among
the county’s best citizens.
  
Although her death had been expected for two weeks it was nevertheless
a great shock to the family.
   
She was the widow of James Harvey Rice who died 31 years ago.
  
Mrs. Rice is survived by five children, Irvin Rice, Everett Rice, Mrs.
Cecil Preston, Mrs. Eugene F. Conley, all of Paintsville, and Mrs. Jay
Wilson of Huntington, W. Va; two brothers, Jackson VanHoose of
Paintsville, and John Z. VanHoose of Nippa, also one sister, Mrs.
Hemma Sublett of Southside.  She is also survived by several grand
children, two of whom, James Milam and Nevagene Baldwin, made their
home with Mrs. Rice.
  
Mrs. Rice was the mother of Captain Warren Rice who was killed in the
Argonne Forest during the World War.
  
Funeral services were held at the Freewill Baptist Church at 2 o’clock
Monday afternoon.  Rev. Millard VanHoose and Rev. H. B. Conley were in
charge of the services.  Burial in the VanHoose cemetery near the C. &
O. depot in Bridgford.
  
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
Thursday
Nov. 4, 1937
    
    
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