Flora Mae Rice
Flora Mae Rice, age 87 of Loretto, Tennessee, formerly of the Richwood area, died Thursday evening, April 2, 2009 at the Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia, Tenn. She was born Nov. 12, 1921 in Marion to the late Eldridge and Isabelle (Miller) French.
On June 18, 1938, she married Herbert D. Rice and he died April 3, 1995.
She was formerly a member of the Union Baptist Church and a current member of Trinity Baptist Church of Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
She is survived by three sons, Donald L. (Naomi) Rice, Niceville, Fla; Paul E. (Diane) Rice, Richwood; Mickey C. (Penny) Rice, Florence Al.; a daughter, Alice Marie (Melvin) Tennery, Iron City, Tenn.; 21 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren, 15 great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Ondie Messenger, Marion; and a brother, Sherman French, Ocala, Fla. She was preceded in death 1 daughter Evelyn Williamson, five sisters, Renevie Chessar, Stellie Russell, Dorothy Ferguson, Berthie Knaul, Corrie Massman, and one brother, Sheridan French.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM in the Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home, Richwood with Pastor Danny Grose officiating. Burial will follow in Claibourne Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday.
Memorial gifts may be made to Loving Care Hospice, P. O. Box 613, Marysville, OH 43040.
Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.stofcheck-ballingerfuneralhome.com.
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