This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rice, Teeple Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5328 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 8 Aug 2002 Rice CAMERON – Services for Richard W. Rice, 70, of Ben Arnold were held 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2., 2002, at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron with Rev. Carl Mike Morris officiating. Masonic graveside services and burial were at Ben Arnold Cemetery in Ben Arnold. Mr. Rice died Wednesday, July 31, at his home. A retired salesman and sheetmetal worker, he was born April 11, 1932, in Waco to Oklahoma and Vergia Edith Teeple Rice. He graduated from Yoe High School in Cameron in 1949 and from the University of Houston in 1956. Mr. Rice was a veteran of the U.S. Naval Air Force 631st. He was a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, a member of the 180th Meridian of the Golden Dragon, a member of the National Fire Protection Assn. and a member of Jacques De Molay Commandery #2 Knights Templar. He was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He served as admiral of the Texas Navy in 1986. Mr. Rice was the past grand priest of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana and was a part of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1995. Survivors are a son, Richard Rice of Little Rock, AR; three daughters, Kim Meyer of Waveland, MS, Glenda Reddler of Waveland, MS and Denna Reinke of Metairie, LA; two brothers, James Rice of Crawford and Michael Rice of Buckholts; two sisters, Freda Fatheree of Rockdale and Beverly Wheeler of Milano; also, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Assn.