Bennie George Tice

SERVICES: 11:00 AM Monday, April 7, 2008, at Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Pampa with Rev. Fines Marchman, pastor of First Baptist Church of Skellytown, and Rev. Rob Lackey of Panhandle, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Tice was born on Dec. 27, 1929 in Hollis, Oklahoma to David F. and Minnie Mae Tice. He married Elsie Bromlow on Oct. 31, 1953 in Clovis, New Mexico. He had been a resident of Skellytown since 1965. He worked for W. O. Operating Co. and Cano Petroleum as a pumper. Mr. Tice lived most of his life working in the oilfields of the Texas Panhandle and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Pampa.SURVIVORS: Wife: Elsie Pearl Tice of the home; 2 daughters: Kathryn "Diana" Bailey of Farmers Branch and Sherry Beall and husband David of Lawton, Oklahoma; 2 sons: Bennie G. Tice, Jr. and wife Sharon of Stinnett and Mike Tice and wife Lee of Skellytown; 3 sisters: Pauline Ware and Alice Hassler of Amarillo and Lorene Tice of Pampa; 2 brothers: Milton Roy Tice of Pampa and Ralph "Butch" Tice of Skellytown; 3 grandsons, 5 granddaughters, 10 great grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Woodrow Tice, and a sister, Gladys Griffin.MEMORIALS: Carson County Junior Livestock Association, P. O. Box 365, White Deer, TX 79097 or American Diabetes Association, 8008 Slide Rd., Suite 12-A, Lubbock, TX 79424.