Birthdate: November 2, 1912
Birthplace: Riceville, Kentucky
Child of: Charles Jackson Rice & Dessie May
Death: August 11, 1965
Place of Burial: Spring Grove Cemetery, KY
Benjamin Franklin Rice and Ruby Mae Conley were married December 21, 1938 by Rev. Cludy in the parsonage of a church in Tiffin OH. Rev. Cludy’s daughter served as witness. Ruby said they didn’t tell anyone for two or three days because she had always wanted to be secretly married. They both came from Eastern KY with their families between 1936 and 1938. Except for about two years during WWII when they lived in Baltimore, MD where Ben worked as a welder in the shipyards, they lived in Carey, OH the rest of their lives.
They had two children: