Veteran Civil War
Private, CSA, Co. F, Perkin's Battalion, Missouri Infantry, commanded by Capt. Geo W. Rowland

John was a soldier in the Confederate army during the last year of the war and was in several battles. He appears on a list of Prisoners of War soldiers who surrendered at New Orleans, LA on May 26, 1865 and paroled at Alexandria, LA on June 7,1865. Roll was dated June 7, 1865.

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stice-387#Military
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Ordered Brass Band for his Funeral

Ex-Confederate Soldier left a will providing $400 for Expenses of Interment in Military Style

Republic Special. Columbia Mo., July 17--John C. Stice died at his home three miles north of Hinton yesterday, aged about 58 years. His funeral took place at Dripping Springs today and was in many respects unique.Mr. Stice was an old Confederate soldier, and during his term of service became impressed with the grandeur of military funerals. He left a will appropriating $400 to pay the expenses of his funeral and directing that it should be of military character and that a brass band should be procured for the occasion. The funeral was carried out according to the directions in the will. The Ashland band was secured for the ceremony, and all the old soldiers of the neighborhood were present with their guns and horses and made an imposing array. The procession was led by Frank and Green Alton, who were designated in the will as marshals. Mr. Stice's will had also directed that a salute be fired over his grave, but the marshals decided to leave this part of the ceremony out. The funeral sermon was preached by the Reverend A.W. Pasley. The pallbearers were: W.O. Reid, Thomas Ringo, Thomas Jones, David Polick, William Reid and N. Batterton. Mr. Stice's wife and ten children survive him.

Source: The St. Louis Republic; 18 July 1902