Rice, Fletcher Roland, Sr. (1866-1966)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1866-08-22 - 1966-03-17
Biographical Note
Fletcher Roland Rice, Sr. (c.1866-) married Georgianna "Anna/Annie" Jones (1881-1928) on December 29, 1892. After Anna's death, Fletcher married Gracie Baldwin (1897-1979) on February 19, 1931. Fletcher and Gracie divorced in 1951. Fletcher then married a woman named Beatrice. Fletcher Sr. and Anna lived in Roanoke, Virginia and had nine children: Fletcher Jr. (1893-1973), Nannie Mae (1895-2000), Laura B. (1897-1957), Lillie Mae (1899-1956), Elizabeth "Lizzy" (c.1903-1938), Idella (1910-1963), Virginia (1912-1973), Naymon Eddieray Sr. (1914-1955), and James Cornelius (1916-1963). Fletcher Sr. worked for the Norfolk & Western Railroad as a laborer and, by 1943, he owned and rented out property on Walker Ave., N.E. in Roanoke.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Rice Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-021
Abstract
The Rice Family Papers include decades of letters to and from four generations of the decendents of Jerry Rice of Campbell County, Virginia. The majority of the letters were sent to Nannie Mae (Rice) Banks but there are also letters addressed to her father, Fletcher, her mother, Georgianna, and other members of the family. These letters document the experiences of this family from Southwest Virginia as they lived through, fought, and died in, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War...
Dates:
1892 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1962