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8 The Baytown Sun
Tuesday. FebruaryJI0j_201j>
OBITUARIES
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Gerald
Lawrence
Rice
Gerald Lawrence Rice.
91, of Baytown. Texas,
passed away Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 3. 2015 in Baytown.
He was bom May 27, 1923
.in Malone, New York to
, his late parents. William
.1. Rice and Nora Keenan
Rice.
A resident of Bay tow n
since 1953. Gerry was a
long-time active member
of several community or-
ganizations, including St.
Joseph Catholic Church;
the Knights of Columbus,
for which he served as
Treasurer for a number of
years, the American Insti-
tute of Chemical Engineers
and the Ethyl Management
Club; and the Woo^l Work-
ers Club of Houston. He
w as also proud to be a reg-
ular blood donor for many ■
years,
Entering college in the
fall of 1041, Gerry gradu-
ated in 1944 from Clark-
son College of Technolo-
gy, Potsdam. NY, with a
Bachelor of Science degree
in chemical engineering.
Upon graduation, lie went
to work for Tennessee East-
man Corporation at Oak
Ridge, T'N, for the dura-
tion of WW11, at the end of
which he received a com-
mendation from the War
Department of the United
States of America, Army
Service Forces Corps
of Engineers, Manhattan
District, thanking him for
participating “in work es-
sential to the production of
the Atomic Bomb, thereby
contributing to the success-
ful conclusion of WWll."
Gerry and several co-work-
ers went on to work at Dow
Chemical in Freeport. TX
(until they all suddenly got
fired a couple months lat-
er), and then at Ethy l Cor-
poration in Baton Rouge,
LA. It was in Baton Rouge
where he met Elaine, and
he knew very quickly that
this woman was the one for
him. ITtey were married in
January. 1951. In the fol-
lowing year, Gerry trans-
ferred from Baton Rouge to
the new Ethyl Corporation
plant in the Deer Park. Tex-
as area. where he worked
until he retired at age 66
in 1989. In 1978. Gerry,
his . long-time best friend
and co-worker. Henry 1 .
Burkholder, and co-worker
Karl 0. Cooper, obtained
a Canadian patent granted
to Ethyl Corporation for
“Reduction of Dissolved
Organic Lead in Aqueous
Solutions,” a feat of which
Gerry was most proud: he
loved telling the story of
how he got the assignment
to solve the problem w hich
led to the patent.
Problem solving was
one of Gerry's strengths.
Grow ing up. Gerry helped
out on his grandpa’s farm:
some of his duties included
driving a horsedrawn hay
rake wagon by the age of
13; feeding chickens, gath-
ering eggs and plucking
the chickens; sending the
dog to bring the 25 cows
to the barn for milking,
lie displayed his knack for
problem solving early ott-
when his father had trouble
with their pheasant chicks
pecking each other on the
head, Gerry thought about
it and realized that protein
is what they wanted, so
he got some ground meat,
rolled it in w ith the chicken
feed and the chicks ate it
up and there were no more
pecking problems!
From the excitement of
crowding around the fami-
ly radio, listening to FDR's
Weekly Fireside Chat, to
watching a nest of Bald
Eagles on the Internet,
Gerry remained connect-
ed throughout his life to
the latest information and
the newest technology, lie
loved reading history
books, biographies, Amer-
ican history, and the Sci-
entific American. In 2013.
one of his favorite books
was The Girls of Atomic
City, which tells the store
of Oak Ridge in World War
11, It brought back many
memories. Hew as a mem-
ber of the Franklin County
Historical Society, and in
recent years he delighted
in learning the history of
the areas surrounding Itis
hometown of Malone by
reading various publRa-
tions by that Society .
Gerry was a very eroativ e
and artistic man, though he
did not consider himself So,
He had many v aried inter-
ests and hobbies through-
out his life, and he had a
natural curiosity about how
things worked. ’His mom
said it was clear that Gerry
would be an engineer. His
dad had only to mention
a problem with the lami-
ly car to Gerry, and Gerry
would fix it. In 1938 and
1939, Gerry and his father
built two 16-foot fishing
boats, also designing and
building a trailer for the
second boat that used valve
springs from an ('Id Ford to
keep the boat from shaking
to pieces as it was pulled to
the fishing lake. In 1965
Gerry also built a very
small wooden sailboat,
which the family sailed on
at the Highlands Reservoir.
Other hobbies included a
love of both birdvv nich-
ing and photography; lie
built his own darkroom in
the early I980’s. and won
2nd place for one of his
photos at a Houston Arbo-
retum photography show.
He photographed many
beautiful, birds on various
outings in south Texas and
Louisiana with Elaine and
his son, David. On one
such memorable outing, he
and 1 laine canoed in the
Atchafalava River Basin,
watching the birds and oth-
er wildlife there and taking
photos. Gerrv also loved
woodvvorking with a pas-
sion, making many differ-
ent kinds of items such as.
toys, trains, chairs, tables,
stools,.. toddler rocking
chairs, and even a few mu-
sical instruments.
Gerry loved telling sto-
ries about his life. One fa-
vorite. based on his time
as a golf caddy at his local
Malone golf club in the
late 1930’s, earning money
during the Great Depres-
sion, was about the time he
got to caddy for Babe Ruth
in 1939 when the Babe was
in town for the dedication
of the new goll course in
Malone. Gerry’s child-
hood friend Billy Gibcau,
a friend with whom he
also built motorized mod-
el airplanes, was a fellow
caddy. From helping his
uncles and grandparents
around the farm when lie
was a child; his work on
various projects during his
engineering career; how
he figured out how to make
his trains over the last lew
decades and the extensive
travel he and Elaine did in
their RY in the 1990s, ex-
ploring the great national
parks of this country and
loving every minute; and
even the extremely large
lemons that grow regular-
ly on his lemon tree, Ger-
rv remained a story-teller
throughout his life, allow-
ing his family' a window
into a rich, v aried and ex-
tremely interesting life.,
Gerry loved his fam-
ily and extended family
very much, and was much
loved in return. Alter the
loss in 2014 of his be-
loved wife, Flame, whom
he greatly missed, he took
joy & comfort in meeting
and interacting with his
great-grandson, Ira. lie
was a generous, kind, hard-
working man who will be
dearly missed by all those,
who knew and lov ed him.
He was preceded in
death by his parents; wile
of 63 years. Elaine Scliro-
eder Rice; brother, Don-
ald Rice; sister. Mary Ann
Rice Pearce; sons, Michael
I . Rice and David K. Rice;
and granddaughter, f am
Elaine Davis.
Survivors include his
daughters Anne C. Rue
of Houston and Elizabeth
Rice Davis and her husband
Ray K Davis ol I alittc,
I ouisiana; daughter-in-law
Carol S. Rice of Dayton,
TX; grandchildren Rachel
Davis and her husband
Mark Boheniek; Art Davis,
Dean Davis; Chris Smith
and his wife Racquet, and
Kennv Smith and his wife
Krystal; great-grandchil-
dren Ira Keith Boheniek,
Ryan Smith, Kelsey Smith,
Kalista Smith and Kloey
Smith; niece Eva Pearce
and nephew Jeffrey Pearce.
The family will receive
friends from 5:00 p m. to
7:00 put., Wednesday,
February 11. 2015 with a
Rosary to be recited at 7:00
p.m. at Navarre Funer-
al Home. A Mass will be
held at 10:00 a.m„ Thurs-
day, February 12, 2015 at
St. Joseph Catholic Church
with Father John Film offi-
ciating.
Pallbearers will be Dean
Davis. Art Davis, Ray Da-
vis, Kenny Smith. Ryan
Smith and Johnny Hamby.
I)' view his online obitu-
ary, or post a tribute to his
family, go to wwu.navarrc-
funeralhome.com.
Arrangements are under
the direction of Navarre
Funeral Home & Crema-
tion Services, 2444 Roll-
ingbrook Drive. Baytown,
Texas 77521, (281) 422-
8111.
* NAVARRE
Funeral Home
& Cremation Services
James Harvey
Parker
James Harvey Parker,
94. of Houston. Texas (for-
merly of Baytow n) passed
away on February: 5. 2015.
James was bom August 6.
1920 in Horatio. Arkansas.
For more than 69 years lie
w as a member of the Unit-
ed Methodist Church, and
at the time of his death w as
a member of Cedar Bayou
Grace United Methodist
Church in Baytown, w here
he had been an active par-
ticipant of the Homemak-
ers Sunday School Class
and United Methodist
Men, He had been a work-
er in the Church Food Pan-
try’ for several years until it
was closed.
James. was employed
with Humble Oil (Exx-
on Mobil) for almost 40
years. He served in the
Eighth Army Air Force
from September 1942 until
November 1945.. He was
stationed in . England and
Germany for twenty-six
months, lie spent many
years assisting in the care
giving of numerous rela-
tives. James enjoyed gar-
dening, his yard and all
. kinds of sports: especially
the Astros, Rockets and
Texans. James was very
happy when traveling to
property owned in vari-
ous parts of Texas, espe-
cially acreage owned near
Kemble in Kerr County.
But James was happiest of
all when traveling in the
west—Colorado. Idaho,
Oregon and Washington,
where lie visited beloved
family members
He w as preceded in death
by his youngest daughter,
Jane Ellen Parker; his par-
ents, James Arthur Parker
and Maud Gore Parker; six
sisters, Rozelle Russell,
Annie Mae Bland, Lucy
Moseley. Caroled Lovell.
Nancy Moseley; infant sis-
ter. Kathleen Parker: one
brother, flamp Parker; and
son-in-law, Dave Shaver.
James is survived by
his devoted and beloved
wife of 72 years, Rpvvena
Grady Parker; daughter.
Judy (Steve) Kaufman of'
Corbett. Oregon; grand-
son, Erie Shaver of Boise,
Idaho; granddaughter. Sa-
vannah (Josh)Hughes of
North Bonneville, Wash-
ington; great-grandsons,
Gannon. Braden. Colton,
and l.andon Hughes.
James is also survived by
two step-granddaughters.
Tracv (Scott) Gregory of
Vancouver, Washington
and Stephanie (Brian)
Lally of Salem, Oregon:
three stcp-grcat-grandehil-
dren, Scottic and Nicole
Gregory and Ryann I .ally;
siblings Nona Connolly
of Junction City, Kansas;
and Wesley Gene Parker
(Nell) of Nicevillc, Flori-
da; brother-in-law. Martin
Grady of Houston, Texas;
sister-in-law, Erma Grady
of Cleburne. Texas; nu-
merous nieces, nephews
and other relatives and
friends.
A Service of Remem-
brance will be held Thurs-
day. February 12, 2015 at
1:00 p.m., in the (Tare-
wood House Chapel, 7400
(’Firewood Drive. Hous-
ton. Texas 77036, with
Chaplain Thomas Hill of-
ficiating. Interment will
be at Houston National
Cemetery.
In lieu of customary
remembrances, contri-
butions may be made to
a charity of your choice.
Condolences may be of-
fered at uww.millerfuner-
al.com
Robert L
Cline. Jr.
Robert I ( line. Jr. 64.
known to family and
friends as “Bo”, passed
away on Saturday. I ehru-
ary 7, 2015. He was bom
on July 19. 1950 in Port
Sulphur, Louisiana. Bo
was preceded in death by
his mother Mary Joyce
Pugh, father Robert E.
Cline, Sr., and.his first wife
Betty Jean Cline.
Bo is survived by his
wife: Dianne Gaudet Cline;
son: Kevin Cline and w ife
Virginia of Dayton, grand-
son Jesse Cline ol' Day-
ton, granddaughter Nicole
Oliver and husband Jason
Oliver of Round Rock;
son: Robert E Cline III and
wife Ashley of Baytown,
grandkids Abby, Tyler and
Hunter; stepdaughter: Am-
ber Gaudet-Marlin of Win-
nie, and grandkids Jared,
Jaxon, and Anslee;
stepson: Derrick Gaudet
and wife Crystal of
Baytown, and grandkids
Bailey and Av ery;
stepson: Dustin Gaudet
and wife Michal of
Baytown, grandkids Ally,
, Trace and Sylas;
stepdaughter: Ashley
Anthony and husband
Jeremy of Baytown,TX,
grandkids Tyler and Char-
lie; brother: Johnnye Cline
and wife Betty; sister:
Cheryl Flowers and hus-
band Kenneth and numer-
ous nieces and nephews.
A visitation with the
family will be on T uesday,
February 10. 2015 from
5:00pm until 7:00pm in the
Chapel of Sterling Funeral
Home, 12012 S. Main St..
in Anahuac. Condolences
can be sent online to vvwvv.
stcrlingfuncralhomc.com.
:Funeral services will be
at 10:0()Am on Wednes-
day, February II, 2015
at Sweet Home Baptist
Church, 934411 ighway 61,
Hankamer, Texas 77560,
with Rev. Ronald Smith
and Rev. Raymond Thibo-
deaux officiating.
Interment will follow in
Abshier Cemetery.
Arrangements arc under
the direction and personal
care of Sterling Funeral
Home, 1201 S. Main St.,
Anahuac, Texas 77514.
Sterling
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1201 S: Main • Anahuac * 409-267-3456
Joyce Lorene
Lanfoni
Joyce 1 orenc I anford
went to be with her Lord
and Savior on February
9, 2015 at the age of 85.
Joyce was born on May
26,1929 in Rockdale,Tex-
as to Jesse and Inez Dav-
enport. Joyce has been a
member of First Christian
Church in Baytown for
over 50 years.
She is preceded in death
by W. F. I.anford, loving
and devoted husband of
over 58 years, her parents
Jesse and Inez. Davenport,
sister, Marie Morgan,
brothers William, Claude,
and Vernon Davenport.
Left behind to cherish
her memory are sons and
daughters-in-law, David
I anford & his wife Re-
nee' of Baytown Texas,
Douglas I anford and his
wife Carrie of Deer Park,
Texas; grandchildren, Lo-
gan and his wife Emily,
Kandace and her husband
Jeremy. Kara and Brock
Lanford; great grandchild
Cohen Lanford. also nu-
merous nieces and neph-
ews and a host of friends.
In lieu of flowers the
family has requested that
those desiring make con-
tributions in her name to
their favorite charity.
The family will receive
friends on T hursday, Feb-
ruary 12, from 6:00 to
8:00 p.m,, at Earthman
Funeral Home. Funeral
services will be held on
Friday, February 13, at
2:00 p.m. in the funeral
home chapel. Interment
will follow at Memory
Gardens Cemetery.
To v iew the online obit-
uary and post a tribute
for 4lie family visit vvwvv.
carthmanbaytown.com.
Funeral arrangements
are under the direction of
Earthman Funeral Home,
3919 Garth Rd., Baytown,
Texas 77521.
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