RUSSELL GAINES RICE
1901-1952
Funeral Services Friday Morning For Gaines Rice
Former Van Lear Man Dies At Martin Hospital
Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 p. m. for Russell
Gaines Rice, 51, who died in the Beaver Valley Hospital, Martin
Ky. Wednesday morning.
A former resident of Johnson County, he was born on Hoods Fork in
1901, the son of James A. and Dolly Crislip Rice, members of
pioneer families of this section. He was married to Alpha Bowe of
Wittensville and to this union were born seven children, six of
whom are still living.
A miner by occupation since 1917 when he was employed by the
Consolidation Coal Company at Van Lear. He remained with this
company until 1945 when he accepted employment with the Rice
Elkhorn Coal Company at Garrett.
Survivors include his wife, his mother and the following children:
Mrs. Henry Wells, Odds, Ky.; W. Russell Rice, Whitesburg; Randolph
G., and Clarence Darrel Rice of Columbus, Ohio; James Rice, U. S.
Air Force, and Bobbie Rice of Garrett, also three brothers, Perry,
Barton and James A. Rice, all of Garrett, four sisters, Mrs.
Argalas Witten, Wittensville, Mrs. Henderson Terry, Martin, Mrs.
Maude Daniels and Mrs. Walter Hitchcock, Garrett, and four
grandchildren.
Interment will be made in the family cemetery at Wittensville
under the direction of the Hall Brothers Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
7-24-1952
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