Born in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States
Daughter of George Rice
and Lucinda (Langford) Rice
Sister of
Wesley Rice, Laura Rice, Lizzie Rice, Jack Rice, George Rice, Charles Henry Rice and Joe Rice
Wife of
George Grant
— married
18 Mar 1906 in Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Excell Grant and
[private son (1900s - 2000s)]
Died [date unknown]
in Florida, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2009
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Viola (Rice) Johnson is a part of US Black heritage.
Biography
Viola was the daughter of George Rice and Lucinda Langford. She lived with her mother in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama. [1] They moved to Tunica, Mississippi before 1910. [2] She married George Grant.
In 1955, she lived in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida. She provided the information on her brother Joe's death Certificate.
Records
Sources
- ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Huntsville, Madison, Alabama; Page: 36; Enumeration District: 0099; FHL microfilm: 1240028. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 3, Tunica, Mississippi; Roll: T624_759; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1374772. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Was Viola Rice related to Joe and Deloris Rice who lived near/nest door to George and Julia Grant in Tallahatchie, MS in the 1920 census?
If so, is Viola Willie's mother or is Julia Willie's mother; did Viola just raise Willie (and Exell)?
1930 Census shows her married at age 18; divorced by the time of the 1930 census. She was living in Memphis in 1930.
Both she and her parents were born in Mississippi
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