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Doyle Kent Rice

Doyle Kent Rice, Ph.D., age 83, of Fayetteville, Ark., passed away suddenly June 11, 2014. He was born July 11, 1930 in Berryville, Ark., to Leonard Rice and Arline Rice. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, L. M. Rice and Glen Rice and a daughter, Margaret Elaine Rice. He earned his Ph.D. in medical sociology at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. He was chairman of the Sociology Department at one time at the University of Arkansas where he taught various courses in sociology for over 30 years. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Ann Petty Rice; two sons, Aaron Kent Rice and James Loren Rice; two brothers, Pete Rice and Phillip Rice; a brother-in-law, James G. Petty and numerous grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Graveside service will be 2 p.m., Friday, June 20, 2014 at Corley Cemetery, Mount Magazine, Paris, Ark., under the direction of Moore's Chapel. To sign the online guest book, visit www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.

Published June 18, 2014

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