Coal Miner's Dedication Page

WHITLEY RICE was born 12 March 1916 in Sims Fork, Bell County, Kentucky, and died 13 August 1940 in Little Creek Mines, Bell County, Kentucky. He was a dynamite man and killed in an explosion. He was buried in Slusher-Napier Cemetery, Little Creek, Bell County, Kentucky. He was the son of JAMES GARFIELD RICE (1888-1978) and MARGARET COX (1891-1975). He married MARY WAGNER 1937 in Bell County, Kentucky, daughter of John WAGNER and PEGGY WAGNER. She was born 1916 in Bell County, Kentucky. He was my Uncle.
Submitted by: Nellie Dwyer







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