SUNBURY – Vernon Thomas Rice, Sr., 89, of Sunbury died Thursday, April 13, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Damascus Congregational Christian Church, Sunbury. Burial will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Suffolk, VA, with masonic rites and military honors. H. D. Oliver Funeral Apts, Chesapeake, VA, is handling the arrangements.