LECK RICE
1870-1935
Barnetts Creek
Leck Rice one of our good citizens died at his home here Thursday Jan.
3, 1935.
He had been sick only a few days.
All was done for him that loving hands could do, but God knew best and
called him to the great beyond.
He leaves to mourn their loss his loving wife, Mrs. Lottie (Ealey)
Rice, four children, Mrs. Leona Blanton, Barnetts Creek, Ky.; Mrs.
Rhena Mae Trimble, Pilgrim, Ky.; Mrs. Bethel Picklesimer, Springfield,
Ohio, and John Rice, of Portsmouth, Ohio, one sister, Mrs. Minta
Dixon, Grayson, Ky., five brothers, Dr. Grant Rice, Salyersville, Ky.,
George Rice Oil Springs, Ky., H. M. Rice, Barnetts Creek, Ky.; Wilson
Rice Manilla, Ky., and Mantford Rice of Ohio, and a host of relatives.
Funeral services were conducted from the home Friday, January 4, in
charge of Revs. Millard O’Bryan, Rhodes Preston, J. H. Pickle and
Frank Arms.
Burial took place in the H. M. Rice cemetery on Barnetts Creek.
The heart broken family have the sympathy of this entire community.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
Thursday
Jan. 10, 1935
OBITUARY
Leck Rice deceased this life January 3, 1935, after a short illness.
He was born October 22, 1870, being 64 years of age.
He was raised in Johnson county and was married to Miss Lottie Ealey
May 30, 1900, and to this union was born four children: Mrs. Kelly
Picklesimer, of South Vienna, Ohio; Mrs. G. S. Blanton, of Barnetts
Creek; Mr. John J. Rice, of Portsmouth, Ohio, and Mrs. W. W. Trimble,
of Pilgrim, Ky.
In his passing his wife has lost a loving and faithful husband, his
children a kind and loving father, and the county one of its best
citizens.
Dear father is gone,
To mansions on high,
Where troubles never come.
He is repaired to Jesus
Where he has eased his troubled mind.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
Thursday
Jan. 17, 1935
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