Posted on: Miller County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/MillerObits/64 Surname: Rice, Deeter, Chitester, Kirker, Metz ------------------------- This obituary is from a Pennsylvania paper from 1915. Daniel Rice is my gggrandmother Almeda Rice Dailey's brother who moved to AR about 1878. Almeda and most of the rest of the Rice family moved to CO in the early 1900's. Her daughter, Nora Dailey, my ggrandmother was one of the few that stayed in PA. I would love to get in touch with any family still in Miller County,AR. Native of This County Dies in the Far West Native of this County Died at His Home in Arkansas. Daniel Silvis Rice, a former well known resident of Jefferson County, died at his home in Index , Ark. on December 24, 1915, after an illness of several weeks duration from dropsy. Mr. Rice was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rice of Knox Township. He was united in marriage with Clara Ann Deeter, of that township, and the widow and five children survive. About 28 years ago the family moved to the state of Arkansas where Mr. Rice engaged in lumbering and ranching. (from the Reynoldsville Star) William Rice was the son of Simon and Susan Kirker Rice of Butler Co. , PA, his wife Marjorie Chitester Rice is the daughter of Elijah and Eliza Metz Chitester of Knox Township, Jefferson County, PA.