Evelyn Henry Rice
Evelyn Henry Rice of Wetumpka, Alabama, formerly of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Howard Lee Henry and Blanche Rattliff Henry, was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, June 10, 1907. She died at 5:45 A.M., Friday, January 25, 2013, in Wetumpka, Alabama.
Age: 105
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
She was a graduate of Winchester High School, Kentucky Wesleyan College and did graduate studies at the University of Kentucky.
She was a retired schoolteacher, having taught in Harlan County and Campbellsville High School. While teaching at Campbellsville High School she taught English, Latin, Social Studies and almost any other subject that needed a teacher. She was Senior Class Sponsor for 30 years, editor of the yearbook for 24 years, and cheerleader sponsor for 10 years. She didn’t like retirement so she worked as a Customer Service Representative for Taylor County Bank for ten years. She was a member of the Campbellsville Woman’s Club, member and past regent of the David Allen Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Campbellsville Coterie Club and treasurer for many years of Friends of the Library.
She united in marriage to Dr. Howard Rice, DDM June 20, 1931. He preceded her in death February 5, 1996.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Howard Henry and Glenda Rice of Wetumpka, Alabama; three grandchildren: Howard Christopher Rice and wife, Ange of Fitzpatrick, Alabama, Evelyn Rice O’Leary and husband, Joseph of Birmingham, Alabama and Charles Jeffrey Rice and wife, Cecile of Montgomery, Alabama; six great-grandchildren: Jeffrey Taylor Rice, Charles Jacob Rice, Kendall Anne Rice, Phillip Matthew Howard Rice, Michael Christopher O’Leary and William Henry O’Leary; several other relatives and many friends.
She was preceded in death by two brothers: William Howard Henry and Charles Rattliff Henry.
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VISIATATION: 5-8 P.M., Thursday, January 31st at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., Friday, February 1, 2013 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Ron Young, Barry Bertram and Anne Fraim
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
