Homer Cranston Rice

I have thought of Homer Rice, so many times through the years and it was always a wonderful memory. I’m sorry to hear that he is gone. Nancy, I’m wishing you the best and a very bad time. Your dad was always good to me.

KAREN, HOMER WAS AN AMAZING PERSON. MAY OUR LIVING LORD JESUS CHRIST WRAP HIS ATME AROUND YOU AND HEAL YOUR WOUNDED HEART. IN LOVE AND DEEPEST SYMPATHY.. WHEN

As fine a man as I ever met. My two daughters will never know/realize the positive lessons of the Total Person Program and what they meant. Blessings to Homer's family.

Our family had the honor of knowing Dr. Rice and his wonderful family for many years. Our father grew up with Homer, having attended Ft. Thomas High School and competing in sports and academics with him. His career at GA Tech was impressive as were the milestones along his career path that got him to Atlanta. But all along he always had quality time with the family. He was a first class gentleman, a legend and a leader who will be missed by so many. Rest in peace Dr. Rice.

Dear Karen and the entire Rice family, I am so honored to have known such a first-class man as Homer! He meant a lot to me and my parents over the years and we were so excited that he moved to Atlanta and could turn Tech Athletics around. But his legacy with building up athletes and helping them to realize their full potential outside of sports, is probably his most prized accomplishment. What a blessed long life he had and our whole family is thankful to have been a part of Homer´s life! ...

Honestly, perhaps no other man in my life set a better and more enduring example of how to live one's life. A leader's leader, my Uncle Homer personified quiet confidence steeped in deep Christian conviction (Phyllis was my mother Angel's sister). He honored others by a faith which allowed him to see them as God's children. He not only encouraged us to be our best, he modeled and taught it. Exercise, good nutrition, erudition, and spiritual habits were his lessons to me. And...

Dear Karen from Gail Bell Dense and Bob Dense. We´ve read every word of the wonderful AJC articles about Homer. What a special person. We are so sorry. What a legacy. Love to you.

Coach Rice inspired me to be a man who takes responsibility for everything he does in life. He was an amazing teacher of students.

I am from Ft. Thomas Kentucky and Coach Rice was a living legend in Ft. Thomas in the late 50s, early 60s. His wife, and my mother taught kindergarten together. I had broken my thumb playing Junior League Baseball when I was 10 or 11 and upset I would be out for a while. Coach Rice took me aside and showed me his crooked thumb he injured at Centre College and told me I would be alright. I will never forget that a living legend from Ft. Thomas took the time to console me. I remember it like...