Bentonville - Judge Jefferson Randolph Rice, 77, municipal judge and prominent attorney died Sunday morning at Rogers Memorial Hospital. He was born March 12, 1890 in Bentonville and attended the University before entering law practice 50 years ago in Bentonville with his father, the late Charles M. Rice. He served as Dean of the Benton County Bar Association and is a former mayor and city attorney of Bentonville. He held membership in the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Masonic Lodge and the American Legion. He was Veterans Sevice Officer in Bentonville for several years and was a veteran of World War I. The served as trustee of the First Baptist Church and taught Sunday School classes for many years. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Frances Peel Rice, a daughter, Miss Shirley Rice, both of the home; a son, Jefferson R. Rice Jr., of Chester, Va.; two brothers, Phillip, of State College, Pa., and Paul of Bentonville and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Myers officiating. Burial will be in Bentonville Cemetery under the direction of Callison-McKinney Funeral Home of Bentonville. (Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR, Monday, January 22, 1968, p. 6, Col. 4)
Bentonville - Judge Jefferson Randolph Rice, 77, municipal judge and prominent attorney died Sunday morning at Rogers Memorial Hospital. He was born March 12, 1890 in Bentonville and attended the University before entering law practice 50 years ago in Bentonville with his father, the late Charles M. Rice. He served as Dean of the Benton County Bar Association and is a former mayor and city attorney of Bentonville. He held membership in the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Masonic Lodge and the American Legion. He was Veterans Sevice Officer in Bentonville for several years and was a veteran of World War I. The served as trustee of the First Baptist Church and taught Sunday School classes for many years. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Frances Peel Rice, a daughter, Miss Shirley Rice, both of the home; a son, Jefferson R. Rice Jr., of Chester, Va.; two brothers, Phillip, of State College, Pa., and Paul of Bentonville and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Myers officiating. Burial will be in Bentonville Cemetery under the direction of Callison-McKinney Funeral Home of Bentonville. (Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR, Monday, January 22, 1968, p. 6, Col. 4)
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JEFFERSON R RICE
2D LT US ARMY
WORLD WAR I
MAR 12 1890 - JAN 21 1968
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