Obit of Rice, Andrew Daniel - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 23 Oct 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.html ========================================================================== Surnames: Rice, Wilson Foster Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6391 Andrew Daniel Rice was taken away in death last Sunday afternoon. He was born in Indiana September 6, 1837. He married Miss Amanda Wilson. Three children were norn to this union, two of whom are now living. His first wife died in 1874, and he married in 1885 Miss Sarah E. Foster who died in 1913. Of this union there were born two children both of whom are now living. One of them is Ed Rice of Strong City the other Miss Delia Rice of Amber, Oklahoma. Mr. Rice lived with his son Ed Rice, and they moved to Strong City only a few months ago. The old gentleman had been confinedd to his bed most of thea time since here. He would have been 81 years old if he had lived to his next birthday. Mr. Rice had lived a Christian life for a long number of years and a member of the Methodist church. Wherever he had lived during his long life he was always honored and respected as a good and worthy citisen. He had spent a life of usefuless, and many times expressed his willingness to depart this life and step into a better world; as he has now gone as one who has faithfully fulfilled his mission upon earth. Rev. Small conducted the funeral services which were held at the Baptist church where the relatives, friends and neighbors gathered to pay the last respect to the departed. Cheyenne News, Cheyenne, OK 27-Jun-1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html