Obituaries: Bettie Brett Bice (Mrs. John T.), 1936, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 3, 1936 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. John Bice Succumbs At Her Home In Calvin

Funeral Services Were Held Thursday at the Couley Church

Mrs. John T. Bice of Calvin, who has been ill for many months, died at her
home Wednesday morning, December 2, 1936, at 7:40 o'clock after pneumonia
developed.  Mrs. Bice had been under the treatment of physicians and had spent
several weeks in an Alexandria clinic.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Couley Methodist Church
with the Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the Winnfield Presbyterian Church, and
Rev. F. M. Shows, pastor of the Calvin Baptist Church, officiating.  Interment
was in the Couley Cemetery.  The many beautiful floral offerings attested to
the esteem in which the deceased was held.

Mrs. Bice was 69 years, 3 months, and 9 days of age.  She was reared in the
Couley Community and was before her marriage on January 17, 1884, to Mr. Bice,
Miss Bettie Brett.  The family has resided in Calvin for twenty-five years. 
Mrs. Bice was a member of the Baptist church and the Order of Eastern Star,
Palestine Chapter No. 55.

Surviving are the husband, John T. Bice; three daughters, Mrs. J. E. Rikard
of Couley, Mrs. J. T. McLemore of Wheeling, and Miss Annie Lee Bice of Calvin;
three sons, Buford Bice of Kansas City, Mo., Arlin Bice of Parhuska, Oklahoma,
and Garland Bice of Calvin; three sisters, Mrs. Linnie C. Everett of Couley,
Mrs. Emma Nix of Clarence, and Mrs. Minnie Little of Natchitoches, and two
brothers, Ira Brett of Clarence and Sidney Brett of Montgomery.