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Living married Gwendolyn Fay Rice Gwendolyn (daughter of Charlie Cecil Rice and Corrie Pearl Smith) was born on 9 Jan 1935 in Bayou Community, Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Jun 2009 in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
July 8, 2009, Page 14

Gwendolyn Faye Rice Shook

Gwendolyn Faye Rice Shook of Bryan died peacefully at the age of 74 on June 20, 2009 after a brief battle with lung cancer. A funeral service was held Monday, June 22, at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan. Interment followed at College Station City Cemetery.

Mrs. Shook was born Jan. 9, 1935 in the Deep East Texas community of Bayou, as the third of five children to Charlie Cecil and Corrie Pearl Rice. She grew up in Hemphill and attended the University of North Texas where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Education. Mrs. Shook taught General Business from 1967 until 1997 in Robstown, Dickinson, and Hearne school districts.

While attending the University of North Texas, she met her future husband, Wiliam Loraine Shook. They married Nov. 16, 1957, produced two daughters, and had a wonderful 51 year marriage.

Mrs. Shook was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bryan and a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She was a great cook and loved gardening.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Virgil; two sisters and their husbands, Ahlene and Abbott Killingsworth, and Charlsie and Bert Lisle.

Survivors include her husband, Bill Shook; daughters and sons-in-law, Paticia Shook and Charlie Felts of League City and Laura and Mike Elam of Katy; a beautiful granddaughter, Nicole Elam; brother, Wiley and his wife Judy of Hemphill; two sisters-in-law, Wanda Peeples of Orlando, FL. and Judith Sheen of Southlake; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Shook requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the First Baptist Church of Bryan, 3100 Cambridge Dr., Bryan, TX 77802 or Hospice Brazos Valley, 502 W. 26th St., Bryan, TX 77803.

Expressions of symphathy can be made at www.MeM. com.

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"Charlie and Corrie Rice have lived most of their life in Hemphill. He has served as a school trustee for 27 years and worked with the Boy Scouts of America, receiving the Silver Beaver Award and several plaques for his service. He was the first president of the Hemphill Lion's Club, and built the first broiler house in Sabine County, being in the Purina Feed business at the time. He was a merchant in Sabine County for 32 years. During World War II, he served as President of the Rationing Board, and has always been active in political and civic affairs. He and his wife are members of the First Baptist Church, and she too, is active in civic affairs. They now own and operate the Rice Motel on the Toledo Reservoir at Oak Hill. This motel is located on the Jesse Low headright, and it was the Wiley Smith farm around the turn of the century." (White and Toole, p 29).

The Sabine County Reporter
January 8, 1997, Page 4

Back In Time
1972 Twenty-Five Years Ago

Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rice of Hemphill returned from a trip to the Holy Land. They were accompanied by Mr. Rice's sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Smith.

Charlie married Corrie Pearl Smith on 23 Dec 1925 in Sabine County, Texas. Corrie (daughter of Wiley P. Smith and Sallie Hammock) was born on 11 Jan 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Aug 1991 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Corrie and her daughters, Mrs. Killingsworth, Mrs. Shook, and Mrs. Lisle are all Charter Members of the JFG Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. (White and Toole, p 30).

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The son of John Rice and Eliza Meyers. (White and Toole, p 29).

William + Effie E. Johnson. Effie was born on 10 Jan 1875; died on 14 Dec 1961; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the daughter of George Johnson and Sara Lee Yarbor. (White and Toole, p 29).

Wiley married Sallie Hammock on 10 May 1900. Sallie was born in 1876; died in 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the daughter of Columbus (CSA) and Amanda Hammock. (White and Toole, p 30).