Bessie O Rice's obituary, Ida, Monroe County, Michigan

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BESSIE O. RICE.....Bessie O. Rice, age 82 of Monroe, MI,  passed away Thur., 
April 2, 1998 in Greenbrook Manor Nursing Home. She was born Sept.18, 1915 in
Harrogate, TN.  She was preceded in death by her parents, John Edward and 
Minervia (Herrell) Woodward; husband, Roy E. Rice; two infant sons, David 
and Ben Lee Rice; brother, Edward; sister, Virgieia.  She was a librarian 
for Dorsch Memorial Library in Monroe, retiring in the mid-  1980s.  She was 
a member of ODS Chapter #232 in Tazewell and past worthy Matron. Survivors: 
sons, Daniel E. Rice of Ponta Gorda,FL, Lynn F. Rice of Carleton and Kermit 
of Monroe, Mich.; daughter, Mrs John H. (Janice) Weiman of Newprot, MI; 
brothers, Thomas Woodward of Memphis and Wade (Brown) Woodward of Tazewell; 
sisters, Maggie Mae Gable of Monroe, Hazel Carter of Tazewell, and Reva Smith
of Cocoa, FL; 8 grandchildren  and 9 great-grandchildren. Funeral service 
Sat., April 4 at 11am in Earle Little Funeral Home with Rev. Joe Bryant, 
pastor of Union Stree Missionary Baptist Church of Monroe, Michigan of which 
she was a member.


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