James Rice Jr. Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of James Rice Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama, who passed away on December 27, 2022, at the age of 96, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of James Rice Jr. to show support.
He was predeceased by: his parents, James Rice, Sr. and Lucille Vaughn Rice; and his half-siblings, Vandella Jenkins, Mary Thomas, Martha Mitchell, Sammie Will Randolph, Charlie Rice and Fred Rice.
He is survived by: his wife Annie L. Rice; his children, Robert A. Rice (Audrey), Ronald Rice (Donna), Connie R. Coggins, Janet Jackson (Aaron), Zadie Pickens (Carl), James III Rice (Cynthia) and Curtis L. Rice; his goddaughter Ordella Nix (Roderick); his siblings-in-law, Rufus Cotton (Mae Willie), George Phillip Cotton (Willie Joyce), Boncile Hodge, Juanita Rutherford and Truenetta Meadows; and his close friends, Lewis King, Adam Thrash and Rickey Tyus. He is also survived by twenty-seven grandchildren; eighty-three great-grandchildren; thirty-two great-great-grandchildren.
