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Bessie L. <I>Morrison</I> Rice

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Bessie L. Morrison Rice

Birth
Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
Death
16 Apr 1988 (aged 71)
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Bessie was the youngest of five children born to Rev. Charles Anderson and Clifford Eugenia (Allen) Morrison. She married William Melvin Rice in 1939. They were the parents of one son: Melvin Allen.

Greensboro News & Record, NC
April 17, 1988

MRS. BESSIE RICE

SALISBURY - Mrs. Bessie Morrison Rice, 71, of 500 Mitchell Ave. died Saturday at Rowan Memorial Hospital.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Milford Hills United Methodist Church, of which she was a member. Burial will be in Rowan Memorial Park.
Born in Iredell County she was a graduate of Woodleaf High School, Brevard College, and Salisbury Beauty College, where she received a Teacher of Cosmetology degree. She was the owner and operator of Salisbury Beauty College for eight years until her retirement in 1975. She was a former member of Woodleaf United Methodist Church for many years and worked with the church's young people.
Surviving are husband, William M. Rice; son, M. Allen Rice of Salisbury; two grandchildren.
The family will be Summersett Funeral Home 7-8:30 p.m. today.
Bessie was the youngest of five children born to Rev. Charles Anderson and Clifford Eugenia (Allen) Morrison. She married William Melvin Rice in 1939. They were the parents of one son: Melvin Allen.

Greensboro News & Record, NC
April 17, 1988

MRS. BESSIE RICE

SALISBURY - Mrs. Bessie Morrison Rice, 71, of 500 Mitchell Ave. died Saturday at Rowan Memorial Hospital.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Milford Hills United Methodist Church, of which she was a member. Burial will be in Rowan Memorial Park.
Born in Iredell County she was a graduate of Woodleaf High School, Brevard College, and Salisbury Beauty College, where she received a Teacher of Cosmetology degree. She was the owner and operator of Salisbury Beauty College for eight years until her retirement in 1975. She was a former member of Woodleaf United Methodist Church for many years and worked with the church's young people.
Surviving are husband, William M. Rice; son, M. Allen Rice of Salisbury; two grandchildren.
The family will be Summersett Funeral Home 7-8:30 p.m. today.


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  • Created by: Sharon R.
  • Added: Jan 17, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157178891/bessie_l-rice: accessed ), memorial page for Bessie L. Morrison Rice (22 Oct 1916–16 Apr 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157178891, citing Rowan Memorial Park Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Sharon R. (contributor 46795073).