Louis Nottingham Guice, Jr.

Louis N. Guice, Jr. of Orange Beach, Alabama, age 90, passed away on August 2, 2018, in the loving presence of family and dear friends. Born March 24, 1928, in Miami, Florida, he attended Georgia Military College from his seventh grade year through his second year of college. After serving his country in the United States Marine Corps, he returned to school at the University of Georgia. He had the good fortune to marry Molly Elizabeth Lee in 1953. They ultimately settled in Mobile, Alabama, in 1964, where they raised their family and were members of Cottage Hill Baptist Church. Louis’s career was spent traveling the country and Latin America helping to build a successful chain of automotive paint and body repair locations. He served as President of Fact-o Bake Inc. based in St. Petersburg, Florida, as well as President of Fact-o Bake International based in Mobile, Alabama. His family, friends, the sea, and his wife’s culinary brilliance were his passions in life. His storytelling and humor were legendary; his generosity was an example to us.  He was preceded in death by his father, Louis Nottingham Guice, Sr.; mother, Lula Grey Guice; brothers, Thomas Grey Guice and Charles Wood Guice; and daughter, Margaret Guice. He is survived by daughters Ellen Guice Sims (George), Elizabeth Guice Craig (Pat), son Matthew Lee Guice, Sr. (Tracy), grandchildren Georgia Lee Sims (Alex Daugherty), Alex Montgomery Craig (Liz), Patrick James Hitchman-Craig, (Kelli), Matthew Lee Guice Jr., and Margaret Lynne Guice as well as great-grandchildren Molly Ruth Sims Daugherty and Paul Haynes Craig.Graveside services were held on Friday, August 10, 2018 at 2:30 PM at the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort with Reverend Ellen Sims officiating. Donations in his memory can be made to the Alabama Coastal Foundation, www.joinacf.org.   ARRANGEMENTS BYWOLFE-BAYVIEWFUNERAL HOMES& CREMATORY, INC.27409 U S HWY 98DAPHNE, AL  3652(251)625-2900