Willie's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Rice family tree.

Willie's Family

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Josephine (Merritt) Rice

Richard Van Patten

Richard Van Patten

Rosemary Rice

Rosemary Rice

Rosemary Rice

Lillian Elizabeth (Rice) Gates

Christina Lynn (Zernechel) Rice

Anna ( Gould) Rice

William Rice daughter Lena bell rice 1916 born

William Rice grandson Phillip l mealler son of Lena rice

William Rice great grand daughter lesha mealler and great great grand daughter Jordan nicole Jenkins and great great grandson Dalton k Hepp! Great great great great grandbaby Brodie Holloway , son of Jordan Nicole!

William Rice son Robert bill rice! Lesha Mealler’s great uncle

William Rice son Edward rice and Ed’s wife Ruth

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In 1926, in the year that Willie v Rice was born, on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).

In 1934, Willie was only 8 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.

In 1940, by the time he was only 14 years old, in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top.

In 1959, by the time he was 33 years old, on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars.

In 1990, in the year of Willie v Rice's passing, on April 24th, the Hubble telescope was launched into space after long delays due to the Challenger explosion. An optical flaw was found within weeks of launch but was fixed within three years. The discoveries made possible by the Hubble have contributed to scientists' understanding of the universe.