Ethel Preston Trice

Dr. ETHEL PRESTON TRICE, professor emeritus of health education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, died June 26, 2013. She was born Aug. 12, 1921, the only child of the late Ethel Roan and Preston Williams and was a native of New Orleans, La., where she completed Crossman Grammar School and Eleanor McMain High School for Girls. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from Louisiana State University and her Doctor of Education degree from George Peabody College for Teachers. Dr. Trice was married to the late Reverend William H. Trice Jr., director of Baptist Students at Louisiana State University. She is survived by one son, William H. Trice III and wife, Judy of Little Rock; grandson, William R. Trice of New York; step-grandchildren, Kathryn Pryor of Little Rock, Jeff Pryor of Fort Smith and great-grandchildren, Aaron, Andrew and Robert Pryor. Dr. Trice was very active for many years in professional and civic organizations, at the national, district, state and local levels. At the national level she had served on the governing board of the Association for the Advancement of Health Education, and a fellow and member of the Research Council of the American School Health Association, and was on a number of committees of the American Health Association. At the district level Dr. Trice was the president of the thirteen-state Southern District of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance in 1970-71. She also held the office of secretary of the ten-state Southeastern Area Advisory Council of the American Red Cross from 1966 through 1969. At the state level she had been president of the following organizations: Arkansas School Health Association, Arkansas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, and the American Lung Association of Arkansas. She was a member of the State Board of Directors of the American Association of University of Women and Alpha Delta Kappa. She was a member of the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and the State Executive Council of the Arkansas Public Health Association. At the local level she had been president of Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Chapter of alpha Delta Kappa, and chairman of the Washington County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Dr. Trice received Honor Awards from Southern District AAHPERD, Arkansas AHPERD, Southeastern Area of American Red Cross, and Appreciation Awards from Georgia AHPERD, Alabama AHPERD and the American Lung Association of Arkansas. She was honored with a Service Award from Virginia Polytechnic Institute where she was a Distinguished Lecturer for 1970. She was listed in Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in South and Southwest, Who's Who in American Education, Dictionary of International Biography, and Leaders in Education. Prior to her service at UALR she was chairman of the Women's Division and then Chairman of Health Education, HPER Area, at Fayetteville campus of the University of Arkansas. The family would like to thank the nurses and assistants at Chenal Healthcare and Rehab Center for their tender care, Dr. Scott Brown, and the kind people of Odyssey Hospice. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 3 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Mississippi and Evergreen. The family will greet friends following the service. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.