Nellie Rice, age 85 of Ray City, Georgia, passed away, Friday, January 20, 2023 at her daughter’s residence after an illness. Nellie was born in Amsterdam Holland to the late Gertrude Haneveer VanMarssaker and Albert Haneveer. She loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, enjoyed being around her family and cooking and loved her animals. Nellie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Perry Artemus Rice, one son, Wayne Rice and one sister, Alberta Woods
Survivors include her children, Temus Rice of Nashville, Georgia, Tina R. Ray and husband Gary of Ray City, Georgia and Gary Rice of Nashville, Georgia; five grandchildren: Terry, Jessi, Julie, Garrett and Jamie; twelve great-grandchildren.
Celebration of Life services for Nellie Rice will be held at 11 o’clock am, Monday, January 23, 2023 at Music Funeral Services, Lakeland Chapel. Interment will Follow in Beaver Dam Cemetery, Ray City, Georgia. The family will receive friends from 10 o’clock am until 11 o’clock am Monday at the funeral home. Kind words and expressions of sympathy can be left for the family at
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. The Nellie Rice family is being served by the caring and professional staff of Music Funeral Services, Lakeland.