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Obituaries - 04/06/00

Estelle Rice

Estelle W. Rice, 84, of Heady Mountain Road, Cashiers, died Sunday, April 2, in Highlands-Cashiers Hospital after a period of declining health.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, at Heady Mountain Baptist Church, of which she was a member. The Revs. Johnny Norris and Lester Sutton officiated. Burial was in Upper Zachary Cemetery. Pallbearers were Steve Rice, Jeff Rice, Kenneth Rice, Kirk Teaster, Michael Kauter and Wesley Hunter.

A native of Oconee County, S.C., she had lived in Jackson County for most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Rodrick Theodore and Elizabeth Hicks White.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Chris Rice, who died in 1986, and one sister, Etta Cumi Bradley.

Surviving are three daughters, Christine Bell of Athens, Ga., and Ruby Talley and Donna Conner, both of Cashiers; four sons, Verner, Troy and Carroll Rice, all of Cashiers, and Lloyd Rice of Brevard; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Heady Mountain Baptist Church, P.O. Box 2455, Cashiers, N.C. 28717. Melton-Riddle Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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