Johnny Lee Rice

May 5, 1952 - Jan 6, 2023May 5, 1952 - January 6, 2023

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Johnny Lee Rice

May 5, 1952 - Jan 6, 2023May 5, 1952 - January 6, 2023


Name of Johnny's grandchildren

Justin Rice & Sarah Rice

Most recently lived in

Mobile, Alabama

Johnny's favorite hobbies

Fishing, going to church, playing his piano

Johnny loved nothing more than

His family

Johnny's profession(s)

He was the professor at Colorado State College for 20 years before retiring and then he was the deacon an Mt.Calvary Baptist church until his passing

Interesting facts about Johnny

He loved everyone but he was extremely close to his only grandson Justin Rice. He would go pick up Justin every weekend just so they go to causeway to fish and sometimes they sneak off and go to Daphne for ice cream.

Favorite TV shows

Good Times, The Andy Griffith Show, Walker Texas Ranger, In the Heat of the Night, Sanford & Son

Favorite sports

Basketball and Football

Favorite place in the world

Favorite TV shows

Obituary

Johnny Lee Rice, age 71, formerly of Marchand, passed away peacefully, held in the love of his families, on January 6, 2023, at USA Medical Hospital in Mobile, AL.

Born on June 7,1952 in Home, PA, Earl was the youngest child of Giles Stephens and Luella (Dick) Edwards.

Johnny grew up on the family farm in Marchand and graduated from Punxsutawney Area High School. Earl was a member of the Marchand United Baptist Church. After high school he served honorably in the U.S Army in West Germany. Upon his return, Johnny worked in banking in Indiana and Johnstown, PA before moving to Colorado to become a professor. He then moved to the Mobile, AL area where he lived for over 20 years.

Johnny is survived by two sisters, Florence Baston, of Lakewood, NJ; and Grace Rhodes and husband Mel, of Conroe, TX. He doted on his 14 nieces and nephews and their spouses. He only had two grandchildren, Justin and Sarah Rice, both of Mobile, Al.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Esther Guisbert and husband Upton, Thelma Kohlhepp and husband Dale; his brother, Arthur Edwards and wife Jean Reid; his brother-in-law, Stanley Baston; and his nephew, Andy Edwards. Earl was also recently preceded in death by his beloved friend and companion, Rachel Kimbrough.

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Born on May 5, 1952

Passed away on January 6, 2023

Mobile, Alabama

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