A verdict of suicide was returned after an inquest by Winn Parish Coroner Dr. John T. Mosley.
Authorities said the tragedy was no doubt brought on by the man's despondency over the death of his twin brother. He left no suicide note. He had been visiting with his sister, Mrs. Luther Keaton, on Valley Street, for several days.
Sheriff Sanford Jordan of Winn Parish said that Mr. Bice shot himself to death in the right temple with a bullet from a Smith and Wesson revolver at 4:10 p.m. as he sat on the back steps of his sister's home. The body was discovered by Mrs. Keaton when she returned from work at about 4:15 p.m. A neighbor, Ray Nugent, reported that he heard a gunshot but did not investigate.
The gun had never been fired before the fatal shot, according to Sheriff Jordan.
Mr. Bice's twin brother, Arlin, was found shot to death in a room if his furniture store in Natchitoches on the morning of April 3. Police Chief Boyd B. Durr of Natchitoches made a public statement last week that he considered the death to be an accident. He stated that there were indications that Arlin Bice was cleaning his rifle when it went off. The Natchitoches Parish Coroner, Dr. James Kaufman, had ruled the death a suicide.
Garland Bice had been a business partner of his brother, Arlin, and had lived in Natchitoches for about 19 years.
Funeral Held In Town
Funeral services for Garland [sic Garlin] Bice were held Wednesday afternoon at the Couley Methodist Church with the Rev. W. L. Holcomb and Rev. Perry Webb, Jr., officiating.
Acting as pallbearers were E. J. Buchanan, Bob Buchanan, O. O. House, Troy Smith, Buster Keaton, Billie McLamore, [illegible] Scott, and Harold Hickey.
Burial was in the Couley Methodist Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.
A bachelor, Mr. Bice is survived by one brother, Buford, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; three sisters, Mrs. Annie Keaton of Winnfield, Mrs. Pearl Rikard of Couley community, and Mrs. Belva McLamore of Wheeling community.
He was a native of Couley and a veteran of World War II.
Published in The Winnfield News-American, April 18, 1957
A verdict of suicide was returned after an inquest by Winn Parish Coroner Dr. John T. Mosley.
Authorities said the tragedy was no doubt brought on by the man's despondency over the death of his twin brother. He left no suicide note. He had been visiting with his sister, Mrs. Luther Keaton, on Valley Street, for several days.
Sheriff Sanford Jordan of Winn Parish said that Mr. Bice shot himself to death in the right temple with a bullet from a Smith and Wesson revolver at 4:10 p.m. as he sat on the back steps of his sister's home. The body was discovered by Mrs. Keaton when she returned from work at about 4:15 p.m. A neighbor, Ray Nugent, reported that he heard a gunshot but did not investigate.
The gun had never been fired before the fatal shot, according to Sheriff Jordan.
Mr. Bice's twin brother, Arlin, was found shot to death in a room if his furniture store in Natchitoches on the morning of April 3. Police Chief Boyd B. Durr of Natchitoches made a public statement last week that he considered the death to be an accident. He stated that there were indications that Arlin Bice was cleaning his rifle when it went off. The Natchitoches Parish Coroner, Dr. James Kaufman, had ruled the death a suicide.
Garland Bice had been a business partner of his brother, Arlin, and had lived in Natchitoches for about 19 years.
Funeral Held In Town
Funeral services for Garland [sic Garlin] Bice were held Wednesday afternoon at the Couley Methodist Church with the Rev. W. L. Holcomb and Rev. Perry Webb, Jr., officiating.
Acting as pallbearers were E. J. Buchanan, Bob Buchanan, O. O. House, Troy Smith, Buster Keaton, Billie McLamore, [illegible] Scott, and Harold Hickey.
Burial was in the Couley Methodist Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.
A bachelor, Mr. Bice is survived by one brother, Buford, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; three sisters, Mrs. Annie Keaton of Winnfield, Mrs. Pearl Rikard of Couley community, and Mrs. Belva McLamore of Wheeling community.
He was a native of Couley and a veteran of World War II.
Published in The Winnfield News-American, April 18, 1957
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Lilly Rochester Bice
1885–1892
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Jessie James Bice
1887–1902
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Pearl Elizabeth Bice Rikard
1890–1969
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Edna Ruth Bice
1891–1894
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Stacy Mary Bice
1892–1892
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Alma Tabitha Bice Jackson
1894–1935
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Ruby Pauline Bice
1896–1902
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Buford Thomas Bice
1898–1984
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Belva Bice McLamore
1900–1975
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Thomas Arlin Bice
1909–1957
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Annie Lee Bice Keaton
1913–2005
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