Dorothy Rice
CALVIN - Dorothy Rice, 84, passed away Tuesday,
April 3, 2007, at Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital.
She was born June 10, 1922, in Whitley County, Ky., the daughter of the late
Bill Partin and Maude Starrett Partin. She was a member of Blackstar Pentecostal
Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert
Rice; daughter, Wanda Laws; son, Robert Rice Jr.; and two sisters, Juanita Rice
and Chelsey Partin.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Rhonda Rice, Calvin,
James and Vicky Rice, Indianapolis, Ind., J.C. and Judy Rice, Arjay; daughters
and son-in-law, Imogene and Glenn Brassfield, East Bernstadt, Ky., Faye Helton,
Calvin, and Chelsie Bishop, Calvin; sister, Nadine Smith, Pineville;
grandchildren, Billy Ray Rice, Shawn Rice, Amy Davis, Debra Hopper, Jason
Helton, Jason Rice, Melinda Rice, Kala Rice, James Rice, McKinsey Rice, Mitchell
Brassfield, Jennifer Brassfield, David Laws, Calvin Laws, Earl Laws, Harold Gene
Laws, Joann Brown, Lisa Bishers, Norma Gilmore, Joann Thompson, Charles Rice and
Robert Rice; and a host of great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Creech-Durham Funeral Home
with the Rev. J.C. Craig and the Rev. Bill Engle presiding. Music will be
provided by Rosemary Jones and Blackstar Holiness Church singers.
Interment will be in Sizemore Cemetery at Simms Fork. Pallbearers are Freddy
Davis, Billy Ray Rice, Ray Harper, Arthur Napier, Benjamin Napier, Jason Rice
and Albert Gregory.
The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m.
Thursday at the Creech-Durham Funeral Home, Pineville, which is in charge of
all arrangements.
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