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Submitted: 10/14/12 • Approved: 1/20/20 • Last Updated: 1/23/20 • R766492-G0-S3
SECOND LIEUTENANT US Army
World War I
March 12, 1890 - January 21, 1968
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Monday, January 22, 1968
Judge Rice Dies Sunday At Rogers
Bentonville - Judge Jefferson Randolph Rice, 77, municipal judge and prominent attorney died Sunday morning at Rogers Memorial Hospital.
He was born March 12, 1890 in Bentonville and attended the University before entering law practice 50 years ago in Bentonville with his father, the late Charles M. Rice. He served as Dean of the Benton County Bar Association and is a former mayor and city attorney of Bentonville.
He held membership in the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Masonic Lodge and the American Legion. He was Veterans Service Officer in Bentonville for several years and was a veteran of World War I.
He served as trustee of the First Baptist Church and taught Sunday School classes for many years.
He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Frances Peel Rice, a daughter, Miss Shirley Rice, both of the home; a son, Jefferson R. Rice Jr. of Chester, Va.; two brothers, Phillip, of State College, Pa. and Paul of Bentonville and two grandchildren.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Myers officiating. Burial will be in Bentonville Cemetery under the directLon of Callison-McKinney Funeral Home of Bentonville.
Contributed on 10/14/12 by wfields55
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