William Ben "Bill" Rice

1918 - 2009  (91 years)

• Name	William Ben "Bill" Rice
  Birth	1 Feb 1918	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Mar 2009	Sweetwater, Nolan, TX
  Person ID	I18605	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family	Maxine Mabel Trullinger,   b. 21 Mar 1919, Shenandoah, Page, IA d. 1 Sep 2000, Sweetwater, Nolan, TX (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	7 May 1941	Nodaway County, MO
  	Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 about Maxine M Trullinger Name: Maxine M Trullinger Age: 22 Birth Date: abt 1919 Marriage Date: 7 May 1941 Marriage Location: Nodaway, Missouri Spouse Name: William B Rice Spouse Age: 23
  Children	1. William Eden Rice   2. Karen Kay Rice   3. Lou Ann Rice
  Family ID	F6302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Feb 1918 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA Marriage - 7 May 1941 - Nodaway County, MO Death - 30 Mar 2009 - Sweetwater, Nolan, TX  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Garden of Memories Cemetery Sweetwater, Nolan, TX

  
  

• Notes

  Sweetwater, Texas Mr. William Ben "Bill" Rice, of Sweetwater, Texas, passed away at the age of 91, in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in the First Presbyterian Church in Sweetwater with The Rev. Howell Martin officiating. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sweetwater under the care and direction of McCoy Funeral Home in Sweetwater. The family will receive friends for a time of visitation from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday evening at the funeral home. Bill was born on February 1, 1918 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He married Maxine Trullinger on May 7, 1941 in Maryville, Missouri. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church. He lived in Sweetwater from 1941 to 1959 and again from 1963 until his death. He was an Independent Agent for 36 years. He was an Eagle Scout and a former Scout Master. He was a U. S. Army Veteran of W. W. II. He was a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and past president of Abilene Association of C.L.U. He was past president of Sweetwater Rotary Club, past president of Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce. In 1994 he was selected as Sweetwater's Outstanding Citizen of the year. He was a founding and chartered member of the Sweetwater Country Club. He was manager of Colonial Poultry Farms in Sweetwater from 1941 to 1959 and manager of Colonial Poultry Farms in Cullman, Alabama from 1959 to 1963. He was in the commercial egg business in Sweetwater from 1963 to 1967. Bill was preceded in death by his wife Maxine on September 1, 2000, and a sister, Idabel Rasmussen. Bill is survived by: a son, William E. "Bill" Rice and wife, Edna of Lubbock, Texas; two daughters, Karen Shawver and husband, Paul, of Amarillo, Texas and Lou Ann Cox and husband, Terry, also of Amarillo, Texas; 9 grandchildren, Michelle Rice, William Rice, Russell Rice, Byron Smith, Darci Smith, Benjamin Shawver, Sara Cox, John Cox and Paula Guidry; and 3 great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to: American Cancer Society Texas Division, 209 South Danville Drive, Suite B-107, Abilene, Texas 79605 or to First Presbyterian Church, 1311 McCaulley, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.