Winters, Texas
Lillian Ann Rice Harper
1922 — 2024
Lillian Ann Rice Harper, 102, passed from this life on Friday, April 12, 2024 in Abilene. She was born in Temple on January 27, 1922, the oldest of 7 children born to Emil Simek and Frances Pechal Simek. Visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, April 18, 2024, prior to the funeral service at 10:30 a.m., at Winters Funeral Home with Manuel Arellano of Midland officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Cemetery. She married Raymond Rice on November 20, 1939. They later moved to the Winters and Wingate area, where they raised their 5 children. He preceded her in death in 1957. She married Jeff Harper on July 22, 1963 and moved to Midland, where she resided for the next 53 years. In...