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Troyce Eual Guice (November 1, 1932 – March 29, 2008) was a prominent businessman in northeastern Louisiana who twice ran for the United States Senate in campaigns thirty years apart, 1966 and 1996. A conservative Democrat, Guice later, as a Mississippi voter, became a donor to the Republican Party.〔(NATCHEZ, MS Political Contributions by Individuals )〕 He was involved in three major business ventures -- automobile sales, restaurants, and his Guice Farms, which he purchased in 1961 and expanded operations into five states.〔(Laird Funeral Home, Inc.: Obituaries )〕 ==Background== Guice was born in St. Joseph, the seat of Tensas Parish, to Ivy Eual Guice (1910–1994) and the former Tressie Westbrook (1911–1999), later of Vidalia, the seat of Concordia Parish 〔(Social Security Death Index Interactive Search )〕 Tensas Parish, the smallest of Louisiana's sixty-four parishes, is located near the Mississippi River north of Natchez, Mississippi, where Guice spent his later years. Guice graduated from the then segregated Joseph Moore Davidson High School, since predominantly African American. Davidson was renamed in 2006 as Tensas High School and is the only public high school for Tensas Parish. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. He served in the United States National Guard.〔(Troyce E. Guice | thetowntalk.com | The Town Talk )〕 In 1954, Guice opened his Buick dealership in Ferriday in Concordia Parish, located across the Mississippi River from Natchez. He relocated to Wisner in 1958 with his Guice Chevrolet but moved the dealership to Ferriday in 1959. He then launched his farming operation. Three decades later, he opened another Chevrolet dealership in Winnsboro, the seat of Franklin Parish, also in northeast Louisiana. Thereafter, Guice went into the restaurant business, with his T. G. Ribs and The Natchez Landing in both Natchez and Baton Rouge.〔 He also operated a bed and breakfast in Natchez. The Natchez restaurant closed after a casino opened nearby, and the business became noncompetitive. "The bottom line is that money they're spending at the casino is money they're not spending at other businesses," Guice said in an interview with ''Casino City Times'' on March 17, 2003.〔(Mississippi Town Reflects on Gaming's Pros, Cons )〕 Guice also traded stock on the Internet. In an interview with the ''Natchez Democrat'' newspaper, he described his investment strategy after September 11, 2001, as one of "watching and waiting" though he remained optimistic about long-term investor prospects.〔(The Natchez Democrat - Investors take a wait, see attitude )〕 He was a former member of the Louisiana Cattleman's Association, the Louisiana Levee Board, and the Mississippi River Bridge Commission. He was affiliated with the First Baptist Church of Natchez.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Troyce Guice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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