Peter Alba Trice Jr.

b. 20 September 1921, d. 22 December 2011
  • Peter Alba Trice Jr. was born on 20 September 1921 in Morvin, Clarke County, Alabama.
  • His wife Nell Shahan became a widow at his death.
  • The following appeared on 21 December 2011 in The Tuscaloosa News: Dr. Peter Alba Trice Jr., age 90, of Tuscaloosa, died Dec. 19, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday December 22, 2011 at Forest Lake United Methodist Church with Rev. Chris Denson officiating. Burial will follow in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
         He was born in Morvin, Ala. September 20, 1921, and grew up in Thomasville, Ala. He was preceded in death by his parents, Peter Alba Trice and Nell Shahan Trice; and his sister, Elizabeth Trice Nichols.
         Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Ruby Webb Trice; his daughter, Amy Ruth Trice of Tuscaloosa; his sons, Peter Alba Trice III of Tuscaloosa, Jack Stewart Trice (April) of Carrollton, Ga., and Daniel Webb Trice of Denver, Colo; his grandchildren, Patrick Stewart Trice, Lauren Ashton Trice, and Cameron Jackson Trice, all of Carrollton, Ga., and Peter Alba Trice IV and Mary Emily Trice of Tuscaloosa; and a sister, Nanelle Trice Adams (Jack) of Grove Hill.
         Dr. Trice attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, and did his residency in pediatrics at Denver Children’s Hospital. He then moved to Tuscaloosa where he practiced pediatrics from 1953 to 1989. He had a very rewarding career and was very much loved by his many patients.
         Pallbearers will be Thomas Clark, Jamey Derrington, Corey DaDonna, Tommy Jamison, Doug Nelson, Michael McGuire, Patrick Trice, and Pete Trice.
         Honorary pallbearers are the members of the 7 a.m. Cardiac Rehab Group at Fitness One, and the members of the Aldersgate Sunday School class at Forest Lake United Methodist Church.
         In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Forest Lake United Methodist Church, or the charity of one’s choice.
  • Peter Alba Trice Jr. died on 22 December 2011 at age 90 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 3 Mar 2012