Colusa County Obituaries

A.U.L. RICE

Submitted by April Hennes 29 Jan 2008

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DAILY COLUSA 03-27-1911:

A.U.L. RICE DIES SUDDENLY AGED 46 DIED AT THE FAMILY HOME IN THIS CITY THIS MORNING AT 
6:15 AM DEATH FROM HERAT FAILURE. DEATH WAS SUDEEN AND UNEXPECTED AS THE DECEASED HAD 
BEEN AT HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS AS USUAL SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY WAS FEELING IN THE BEST OF 
HEALTH. HIS ONLY COMPLAINT WAS A COLD, HAVING CONTRACTED IT SEVERAL DAYS AGO. THIS MORNING 
AT 5 HIS FATHER M.L. RICE WENT TO HIS SON'S ROOM AS IS HIS USUAL CUSTOM TO CALL HIM. HE 
RECEIVED NO ANSWER AND ENTERING THE ROOM DISCOVERED AMON BREATHING HEAVILY. ALL EFFORTS TO 
AWAKE HIM WERE FRIUTLESS AND MRS RICE TELEPHONED FOR A PHYSICIAN.

A.U.L. RICE WAS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN MEN IN THE COUNTY, COMING HERE 30 YRS AGO FROM IOWA. 
HE WAS CRIPPLED AND FOR 22 YRS HAD KEPT A VARIETY STORE ON MARKET STREET. THE BUSINESS WAS 
LUCRATIVE AND HE ACCUMLATED PROPERTY AND MONEY. THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE DECEASED ARE HIS FATHER, 
M.L. RICE OF COLUSA, A BROTHER, THOMAS OF COLUSA AND A SISTER, MRS MATTIE GARMIRE OF KENT. 

NO FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

03-29-1911  FUNERAL WAS HELD THIS AFTERNOON AT 2 FROM THE FAMILY HOME. REV H.T. DOBBINS OF THE 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CONDUCTED THE SERVICES, BURIED IN COLUSA CEMETERY. PALLBEARERS WERE: I.G. 
ZUMWALT, CLEVELAND DAVIS, JERRY SULLIVAN JR, P.J. WILKINS, C.D. MCCORMISH AND ALVA KING