Ruby J Rice

RUBY J. RICE, 86, OF CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 2010 AT 4:55 PM AT HARRISBURG MEDICAL CENTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY JANUARY 23, 2010 AT 1 PM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE SATURDAY AFTER 11 AM. BURIAL WILL BE IN GARRIS CHAPEL CEMETERY NEAR STONEFORT, IL AND REV. JEFF OWENS WILL OFFICIATE. SHE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 15, 1923 IN STONEFORT, IL TO THE LATE THOMAS AND MINNIE (MURROW) SHADOWENS. SHE MARRIED JAMES R. RICE ON DECEMBER 24, 1941 AND HE PRECEDED IN DEATH ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1991. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE STONEFORT GENERAL BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER: KATHY (DAVID) HEADRICK OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; 2 GRANDCHILDREN: KELLIE & CHERYL HEADRICK BOTH OF CARRIER MILLS, IL SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, PARENTS, 5 BROTHERS: GILBERT, THOMAS, JAMES, JOHN AND HOBERT SHADOWENS; AND 5 SISTERS: LUCILLE REYNOLDS, MARY EVANS, HAZEL BLACK, OPAL SHADOWENS AND ANNA MAE SHADOWENS.