NAME: THOMAS HULET RICE, AGE 84, A COALGATE RESIDENT AND FORMER CLARITA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 15, 1920 IN ALABAMA TO HULET THOMAS AND REBECCA RUTH (HALL) RICE. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2004 IN ADA, OKLAHOMA. AGE: 84 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ALABAMA, AND AT MADILL AND WAPANUCKA, OK. MARRIED: DELORES FREDENA O'NEAL ON JANUARY 25, 1947 IN COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: A COTTON FARMER HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND A CATTLEMAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: FORMER MEMBER OF CLARITA METHODIST CHURCH AND A MEMBER OF THE COALGATE METHODIST CHURCH SINCE 1997. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY, 45TH DIVISION-MEDICA DURING WWII. HE ALSO SERVED ON THE COAL COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD. SURVIVED BY WIFE: DELORES RICE OF THE HOME AT COALGATE, OK. CHILDREN: CAROLYN DELSIGNE AND HUSBAND DWIGHT OF COALGATE, OK. STEPHEN RICE AND WIFE TERRY OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DAVID DELSIGNE AND WIFE PAMELA OF MACOMB, OK. CHRISTOPHER DELSIGNE OF MCALESTER , OK. CRAIG RICE OF COALGATE, OK. KRISTEN RICE OF COALGATE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LAURA, CLAIRE, ALEC, PAIGE, AND BRIDGETT. BROTHERS: W. P. RICE AND WIFE BILLIE OF COALGATE, OK. WARREN RICE AND WIFE MARION OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BRIGGS RICE OF COALGATE, OK. VICTOR RICE AND WIFE JO OF ADA, OK. BILLY BOB RICE AND WIFE VERNA OF ADA, OK. SISTERS: FAYE RUTH FLEMING OF COALGATE, OK. GAILE LAWRENCE OF COALGATE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HULET THOMAS (DECEMBER, 1983) AND REBECCA RUTH (HALL) RICE. INFANT SISTER: MYRTLE JUDITH RICE.

DATE OF SERVICE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2004 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: MOORE CEMETERY, NEAR CLARITA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB GRAHAM. CASKETBEARERS: EDDIE CAMPBELL, WENDELL HEFLEY, TED HARTSFIELD, JIMMY LEE, STONEY MARLOW, ROY DECK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: O. C. LEE, CHARLES THOMPSON, BOB GRAHAM, BILL HEFLEY, W. M. BASKETT, JEFF WOOD.