W4VK 1933 Ripley, TN

Taylor Barbee "Tay" Rice, W4VK (all of his life), ex-W4ZZAM (portable) and an op at W9DZJ (Purdue University)
Silent Key (1912 - 2007).

He used his college QSL card for his own QSO.

Taylor Barbee Rice, 95, of Ripley, died Tuesday of last week in Baptist Hospital Lauderdale in Ripley.
Rites were Saturday in First United Methodist Church in Ripley, where he had served on the board of stewards, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
He was born at Ripley, Jan. 11, 1912, to the late Eugene and Annie Rice. In 1934, he took a degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
In 1937, he married Annie Laurie "Penny" Pentecost and worked briefly for Rice-Belton Hardware in Ripley.
Volunteering for 42 months of Army service, chiefly in Europe, during World War II, he won the Bronze Star for valor before discharge, as a captain, Dec. 30, 1945.
He later farmed in this county and worked as a supervisor for Universal Electric in Ripley.
From his high school days to the end of his life, he was and avid ham radio operator.
He leaves a son, Taylor, Jr., of 6295 Henning-Orysa Road; a daughter, Nell (Mrs. Thomas A.) Duke, of Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister, Ann Parsons, of Ripley; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

QSL from the estate of W8INA
Obituary from The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, Tennessee, July 5, 2007
Callsign info + obituary courtesy of W5KNE