Friday September 25th 2020
Mrs. Fay M. Rice, age 85, of Pineville, entered eternal rest on Friday, September 25, 2020 in Marksville, LA. Arrangements have been entrusted to Gallagher Funeral Home and Crematory, Ball, LA. Mrs. Rice was a loving mother and grandmother. She was born on October 15, 1934 in Saranac Lake, New York to Edmund Moody and Loretta Parker Moody. Mrs. Rice proudly served her country in the United States Air Force, where she was able to travel around the world including Morocco and Hawaii. She later worked in sales in different department stores. Mrs. Fay Rice, though small, had a bigger than life personality. She was outgoing and never met a stranger but was strong willed and very particular about certain things. She will forever be missed by those that loved and knew her. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Raymond Rice; parents, Edmund Henry Moody and Loretta May Parker Moody; sisters, Alberta Till and Barbara Bowden. Those left to cherish her memory include son, Ernie Rice (Peggy) of Saranac Lake, NY; daughters, Vivian Rice Bodanruk (Bruce) of British Columbia, Canada, Vera Clayton of Pineville; and Valerie Rice Smith (Scott Weaver) of Ontario, Canada; 11 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren. Read Less
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Fay M Rice Friday September 25th 2020.
Death notice for the town of: Ball, state: Louisiana