THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY APRIL 15, 1932

DEATH–Thos. Franklin RICE, son of Shadrach and Louisa Linerieux RICE, a prominent West Tennessee family of pioneer days, was born March 9, 1847 at “Clifton Hall, “the old ancestral home near Orysa. He had lived in this vicinity all his life and died April 6, 1932. He was the last member of a family of twelve children. When the war broke out between the States, he joined the Confederate army at age 16, enlisting in Co. M, 7th Tenn., Regiment, Forrest’s Calvary. He was underage and could have returned home at the reorganization, but felt it was his duty to fight for his country. At the close of the war he was paroled at Gainsville, Ala., May 11, 1865. On August 19, 1869, he was married to Miss Sarah Elizabeth BORUM, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. James H. BORUM of Durhamville. They were the parents of three children, Effie Eloise, who died in infancy, Elmer T. RICE, who died October 15, 1907, and the surviving daughter, Miss Minnie RICE. Mrs. RICE, the devoted wife and mother passed away January 14, 1923, burial in St. Paul Cemetery. The pallbearers were his nephews.