Ronald Eugene Rice
Memorial services will be held at the Morgantown Bible Church, 1407 Brookhaven Road, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 23. Lunch will follow in the fellowship room. We invite family and friends to join in paying tribute to a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. www.fredjenkinsfuneralhome.com
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Dominion Post
4 days ago
- Dominion Post
Ronald Eugene Rice
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Ronald Eugene Rice, who died at his home on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at the age of in Uniontown, Pa., to Warren M. and Audrey Smith Rice in 1953, Ron was a graduate of Albert Gallatin High School class of 1971. He made his home in Morgantown, where he and his wife were in fellowship at the Morgantown Bible dedicated over 20 years of his life working as a coal miner at the Warwick Mine in Greensboro, Pa., and took pride in mining and being a UMWA member. When the mine closed, he shifted gears and obtained his CDL license, and to the surprise of his instructor and classmates, he was able to park the 18-wheeler between the cones on his first attempt. He had excellent driving skills and was known to help others navigate their boats in and out of the water at Cheat for his can-do attitude, Ron was always handy around the house and loved spending time outdoors. He had a special bond with his lifelong friend Randy, with whom he shared many laughs and good times.A true man of many talents, he enjoyed music and played the trombone in the school band and had taken violin lessons in his youth. Later in life, he was known to pick the banjo, and he had a good singing voice. Another notable endeavor was his lifelong passion for German Shepherd dogs. He had owned at least one German Shepherd, or rather, they had owned him since he was 14 years of age. He had also at one time been involved in breeding them, and many people would later recognize him after buying a puppy and would let him know what a great dog they was athletic and liked to play football and snow ski. He was an avid Steelers friends called him 'Mile', a nickname given to him in his youth because he lived approximately a mile from where he and friends gathered in downtown Point cherished his wife of 30 years, Rhonda Taylor Rice, and was a loving brother to Carolyn Sine (Randy) of Morgantown, Warren Rice, Jr. (Margaret) of Mesa, Ariz. and Irving Rice (Mitzi) of Point Marion, Pa. He leaves behind two cherished step-grandchildren, Everett Dane and Travis Toppins, and their father, Everett Toppins, all of Huntington; and a sister-in-law, Judy (Clinton) Adkins of Reedsville, along with several nieces and nephews. He shared a very special bond with his oldest step-grandson, Everett Dane, who was called 'Lil E'. They shared many happy hours together, swimming and was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Linda Keener; and his step-daughter, Regina Toppins. Memorial services will be held at the Morgantown Bible Church, 1407 Brookhaven Road, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 23. Lunch will follow in the fellowship room. We invite family and friends to join in paying tribute to a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend.
CBS News
05-08-2025
- CBS News
Firefighters rescue dog from Fort Lauderdale canal; credit 911 callers as true heroes
A group of Fort Lauderdale firefighters rescued a German shepherd from a canal Tuesday morning, but the first responders say the real credit belongs to the 911 callers who alerted them. "A life's a life. Whether it's an animal, whether it's a person," said Captain David Landers with Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. The incident happened at the start of the firefighters' shift behind Sweeting Park on Northwest 23rd Avenue. Firefighters from Station 47 responded to the call after a dog was spotted in the canal. Captain Landers said they made contact with the female dog before entering the canal. "We made contact with the puppy. She was docile, very frail," Landers said. "There's a little ledge there, so I didn't have to dive in the water or anything. I just had to take my shoes off and go down and grab her out," said Lieutenant Mason McConchie, who assisted in the rescue. The firefighters credited the good Samaritans who called 911 for making the rescue possible. "The callers are the true heroes because had they not had called nobody would've known the dog was in the water," Landers said. Fede Skinner and Aisha Fahmy, who made the call, said they had seen the dog multiple times earlier in the morning. "It's pretty scary because at some point the dog was in the middle of the road. And there was like three different cars that almost hit it. It was kind of terrifying, to be honest," said Fahmy. After the dog disappeared, they went for a walk in the park. "We're talking right here and out of the corner of my eye I see something fall in the water over there and it's the dog," said Skinner. "When I heard the splash I looked over. I was terrified. So I was really, really happy to like, see the dog be safe at the end," Fahmy added. Fort Lauderdale Police located the dog's registered owner, who lives in St. Cloud, Florida, and will be traveling to Fort Lauderdale to pick her up.
New York Times
18-07-2025
- New York Times
He Took My Story, So I Made a New One
Three times a day, my friend called. 'I am not capable of maintaining relationships,' I said. 'No,' she said, 'he was not capable of being honest.' My 60-year-old husband had told me out of the blue that he wanted a divorce so he could find someone with whom he could start a family of his own. And then he left. I was shocked. Nothing about this had ever come up in the decade we had been together. He was my second husband. I already had children from my first marriage. Randy listened as I described our latest conversation in minute detail. She lived in Boston; I was in New Hampshire. This was our afternoon call, and I heard an ambulance siren through the phone. At my end was the sound of noisy, mating, insistent birds — it was spring. 'How could I have missed his unhappiness?' I said. 'I'm a therapist.' 'Even you can't mind-read,' she said. 'He was a master at hiding.' Randy is as fast a talker as I am, and her hair is as curly as mine. During this time, she was endlessly patient as I told identical stories over and over and over. All I wanted to do was not see anyone, not talk to anyone. In the weeks after my husband left, my immediate back story was that I was unlovable — an ancient tale rooted in childhood, and I was stunned by its force as it spewed from the depths. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
