FRANICS MARON RICE
1887-1961
  
Francis Maron Rice, 74, resident of Flat Gap, died in a local
hospital at 11:15 p.m., Tuesday, June 27, after an illness of two
months.
  
The son of John E. and Mary Stapleton Rice, he was born in this
county February 23, 1887, and had been a lifelong resident of the
Flat Gap Community, where he was engaged in farming.
    
He was a veteran of World War I.
  
Surviving are two brothers, Walter Rice, South Shore, Ky., Bruce
Rice, Flat Gap; four sisters, Ollie Woodard, Portsmouth, Ohio; Bessie
Rice and Rhoda Rice both of Flat Gap; Mrs. Fred Williams, Red Bush.
   
Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 29,
from the Bethel United Baptist Church at Flat Gap with Lonza Reed and
Tommy Bailey as officiating ministers.
  
Burial was in the Salyer Cemetery.
  
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
WEDNESDAY
JULY 5, 1961
 

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