About my early years...

Rev. J.S.Rice

Let me tell you about my early life -  I was raised in a Christian home. My dad was a Free Will Baptist preacher. He would preach in the North Carolina mountains and mom, my sister Louise, and brother Jimmy and myself stayed at home and attended church in Caroleen, NC.  

I remember mama carrying me in her arms and my brother and sister walking by her side. Church was an important part of our lives.  Later in my teen years, I taught the small children in Sunday School. I was voted to be the church pianist when I could only play one or two songs. Boy, it was scary!  I also began taking care of Aunt Ann's children when I was thirteen and a half years old, while she worked. We had some good times and we would have birthday parties for each other.