Obituaries: Thomas Jefferson Rice, Sr., 1950, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: December 14, 1950 Winn Parish Enterprise T. J. Rice, Sr., Burial Held At Sardis Wednesday Thomas Jefferson Rice, Sr., 83, who died Tuesday, December 12, 1950 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. W. Harrington, Winnfield, Rt. 3, was laid to rest Wednesday, December 13, in the Sardis Cemetery near Atlanta. Funeral services were held at the Sardis Baptist Church at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. W. C. Bounds and Rev. E. B. Barton officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Southern Funeral Home. Members of the Masonic Lodge served as pallbearers. Mr. Rice was born August 4, 1869 in Natchitoches Parish. He has resided in Winn Parish the greater part of his life and was affiliated with the Sardis Baptist Church and a member of Eastern Star Masonic Lodge No. 151. He is survived by three sons, T. J. Rice, Jr., V. E. Rice, and L. P. Rice, all of Winnfield; three daughters, Mrs. H. W. Harrington of Winnfield, Route 3, Mrs. Edna Warden of Fredricksburg, Texas, and Mrs. Bell Evans of Winnfield; one sister, Mrs. J. C. Collier of Grayson; 22 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.