Greenbrier County, West Virginia         Biography of CHARLES SAMUEL DICE

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History of Greenbrier County 
J. R. Cole 
Lewisburg, WV 1917 
p. 224-226

CHARLES SAMUEL DICE.

Charles S. Dice has been judge of the Twentieth judicial circuit since April 
1, 1911. He was elevated to the position first by appointment to fill an 
unexpired term ending January 1, 1913, and was the youngest man at that time 
who ever sat upon the circuit bench of West Virginia.
At the general election in November, 1912, he was elected to succeed himself 
for a term of eight years, and thus far his equitable decisions have earned 
for him the reputation of being "the just judge." By temperament, education, 
experience and ability, Judge Dice is well equipped for the work of a jurist, 
which was preceded by a very successful practice as a lawyer at the bar 
before his advancement to a place on the bench.
Judge Dice, son of Rev. John Cunningham and Sallie A. (Roszell) Dice, was 
born at Rockville, Md., May 13, 1876.  After completing courses of study at 
the Randolph-Macon academies at Bedford City and Front Royal, Va., and 
Randolph-Macon College at Ashland, Va., taking from those institutions of 
learning a high stand in literary attainments, he entered the law department 
of Washington and Lee University, Virginia, graduat-ing with a professional 
degree from that institution in June, 1896. He then chose Lewisburg for his 
future abode, and has resided here ever since.
Mr. Dice entered the law office of Judge L. J. Williams, his brother-in-law, 
upon his coming to Lewisburg, and was admitted to the bar when twenty-one 
years of age, when he became a part-ner in the law firm of Williams & Dice, 
and remained until Judge Williams's elevation to the bench of the Supreme 
Court of Appeals of West Virginia, January 1, 1909, from which time Mr. Dice 
practiced alone, and with signal success, having a large and important 
clientele.
Judge Dice is a member of the West Virginia State Bar Association, and also 
of the American Bar Association, having been a vice-president of the former 
body and served on its important committees. He takes an active interest in 
all public affairs and was elected first president of the Lewisburg Business 
Men's As-sociation, a body which is actively engaged in promoting the 
wel-fare of Lewisburg and community.
He is a member of Greenbrier Lodge, No.42, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons., 
Lewisburg; Ronceverte Chapter, No.21, Royal Arch Masons, Ronceverte; 
Greenbrier Commandery, No. 15, Knights Templar, Lewisburg, and Beni Kedem 
Temple Mystic Shrine, at Charleston, W. Va.
In politics, Judge Dice is a Republican, and, before his election to the 
bench, was a very active supporter of that party. For several years he was 
chairman of the Republican executive coimmittee.
Judge Dice married Nina, daughter of Judge Homer A. and Mary A. (Byrne) Holt. 
Mrs. Dice is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The family 
worships in the Methodist Episcopal church, South, of which Judge Dice is a 
steward.