Saying Goodbye

Christopher Allen Rice
August 19, 1968-July 31, 2010
Bentonville, Arkansas

Christopher Allen “Chris” Rice, 41, of Bentonville, Arkansas died Saturday, July 31, 2010. He was born August 19, 1968 in Hurst, Texas to William Miles Rice and Lois Norris Rice. He worked for All-Weather Heating and Air Conditioning as an installer. He was fun loving and adventuresome, yet was a serious, hard worker. Chris was also a huge Kansas City Chiefs fan. He loved his family dearly and will be missed by all who knew him.

He was preceded in death by his father William; one sister, Deborah and one brother, Calvin.

Chris is survived by two sons, Levi Rice and Keenan Rice both of Washburn, MO; his mother Lois Rice of Bentonville, AR; five brothers, Roy Rice of Azle, Texas; Kenneth Rice of Elm Springs, AR; Larry Rice of Bentonville, AR, Robert Rice of Bentonville, Curt Rice of Garfield; two sisters Connie Scroggins of Rogers; Janet Carpenter of Jay, OK; two very special nieces Angel Slinkard, Misty Underwood; and one grandson.

Graveside services will be at 11:00AM Monday, August 2, 2010 at Bentonville Cemetery in Bentonville with Pastor John Dean officiating.

We Love You Chris.

Bye Bye Baby

Yesterday sucked.
This sweet kitty came to live with us in late July. He was a skinny little thing that Larry rescued while he was at our storage unit that we have for our business. He had been orphaned, and was in desperate need of food and medical attention. To be honest, we didn't even name him for the first few weeks we had him, because we weren't sure he would live. We (Larry) took him to the vet and got some worm medicine and I nursed him back to health. We named him Baby because his "Meow" sounded like a baby crying.
He was spunky! Our routine was he would come to the back door and cry until I would let him in. He would go directly to the tote that I kept his food in, and then climb in as soon as I opened it. He would start munching while I would fix his bowl. He didn't show up yesterday. And Larry found him on his way to work.
And I can't talk about it anymore.


RIP sweet Baby