Gene Rice

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Gene Milton Rice was born Aug. 5, 1925, in Crane, Missouri and left this life June 5, 2022, at the age of 96. His parents were Dee and Ethel Rice, and he had one older brother, Nelson Rice. Gene lived in Crane until he was 8 years old. In 1933, the Rices acquired the Doniphan Telephone Company and moved to Doniphan, where Gene lived for the rest of his life. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. At the age of 12, he accepted Christ as his savior and was baptized, and enjoyed singing in the church choir.

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