Bernard C. Rice, Sr., 84, of Sikeston, died Sunday, May 11, 2014, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Born August 9, 1929, in Memphis, Tenn., to the late Burton C. and Jennie Kindred Rice, he was an attorney and senior partner with the Blanton, Rice, Nickell, Cozean & Collins Law Firm in Sikeston and a member of the Missouri Bar Association. He had served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of VFW Post 3174, Sikeston Elks Lodge 2319, Sikeston Lions Club, Sikeston Jaycees, and served on the board of First National Bank. A member of the First United Methodist Church of Sikeston, he had also served as chairman of the trustee committee. On September 4, 1954, in Sikeston, he married Mary "Genie" Blanton, who survives of the home.
Additional survivors include: two sons and daughters-in-law, Bernard C. "Cliff" Rice, Jr. and Patty Rice of Independence, Mo. and Stephen and Monique Rice of Sikeston; and three grandchildren, Katherine and husband Andrew Newbold of Glendale, Mo., Abigail Rice and Madeleine Rice, both of Sikeston.
Burial in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.
Bernard C. Rice, Sr., 84, of Sikeston, died Sunday, May 11, 2014, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Born August 9, 1929, in Memphis, Tenn., to the late Burton C. and Jennie Kindred Rice, he was an attorney and senior partner with the Blanton, Rice, Nickell, Cozean & Collins Law Firm in Sikeston and a member of the Missouri Bar Association. He had served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of VFW Post 3174, Sikeston Elks Lodge 2319, Sikeston Lions Club, Sikeston Jaycees, and served on the board of First National Bank. A member of the First United Methodist Church of Sikeston, he had also served as chairman of the trustee committee. On September 4, 1954, in Sikeston, he married Mary "Genie" Blanton, who survives of the home.
Additional survivors include: two sons and daughters-in-law, Bernard C. "Cliff" Rice, Jr. and Patty Rice of Independence, Mo. and Stephen and Monique Rice of Sikeston; and three grandchildren, Katherine and husband Andrew Newbold of Glendale, Mo., Abigail Rice and Madeleine Rice, both of Sikeston.
Burial in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.
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