Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Rice, Charles Richard January 30, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: E. Strain ecss12830@yahoo.com February 11, 2009, 9:19 pm Henline-Hughes Funeral Home Charles Richard Rice, age 74, of Hobson Road, Bakersville, NC, passed away January 30, 2009, at the Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, NC. He was a native of Mitchell County, NC, and the son of the late Andrew Jackson and Ella Mae Hardin Rice and was self employed as a landscaper and farmer. He enjoyed woodworking, cooking, tinkering on his projects, and was an avid farmer. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include: daughter, Patricia "Patty" Hipps, of Shelby, NC, sons, Jeffrey "Jeff" Daniel Rice, of Somerset, KY, Ed and Philip Rice of Cherryville, NC, sisters Ethel Ledford, Virgie Rice, and Inez Rice, all of Bakersville, NC, brothers, Lowell Rice, of Bakersville, NC, and Ernest Rice, of Falston, NC, grandchildren, Cody and Jalyn Rice, Paul Hipps, and Kelli Rice, great grand children, Mason and Milia Crawford, several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by granddaughter, Lisa Hipps Crawford, and brothers, Jr and Frank Rice. The family will receive friends Sunday, February 1, 2009, from 5-7PM in the Chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home and at other times at Lavie and Ethel Ledford's home in Bakersville, NC. Henline-Hughes is assisting the Rice family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/r/rice2576gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb