THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, September 21, 1995 TAG: 9509210370
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: SUNBURY LENGTH: Short : 33 lines
Ruth Knight Rice, 82, of Route 1, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1995, in her home.
Mrs. Rice was born in Gates County. The daughter of the late Roger V. Sr. and Mrs. Mary Gwaltney Knight, she was a homemaker. She was a member of Beulah Baptist Church and its Mary Magdalene Sunday School Class. She was the wife of the late Paul Hugh Rice Sr.
Surviving are two daughters, Kathryn R. Keen of Virginia Beach, and Mary Layne Johnson of Suffolk; three sisters, Elizabeth Raby and Virginia Blair, both of Portsmouth, and Janice Williams of Lake Jackson, Texas; two brothers, Leon Knight of Corapeake, N.C., and Roger Judson Knight of Virginia Beach; five grandchildren, William R. Keen IV, David L. Keen, Susan K. John, Robert E. Byrum, and Richard Byrum; and one great-grandchild, Mason Keen. She was preceded in death by a son, Paul Hugh Rice Jr.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Beulah Baptist Church by the Rev. Ron Parr. Burial will follow in Damascus Christian Church Cemetery, with Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, in charge. Friends may join the family following the service in the social hall of Beulah Baptist Church and all other times at the residence. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Paul and Ruth Rice Memorial Scholarship Fund, Beulah Baptist Church, Sunbury, N.C. 27979.
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