Rowena Rice
Obituary taken from The Portsmouth Daily Times, October 16,
2004
Rowena Rice, 87, of Minford, went home to be
with her Lord Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, at Southern Ohio Medical Center
in Portsmouth. Born April 7, 1917, in Portsmouth, a daughter of
the late Charles and Minnie Straton Kennedy, she was a member of the Minford
Church of the Nazarene where she served as secretary for 31 years and a
retired employee of the Minford Post Office.
She is survived by sister-in-law, Elaine Rice of Minford; several nieces
and nephews; and a host of friends. In addition to her parents, she was
preceded in death by her husband, Myrl Rice, on March 23, 2002, whom she
married on Dec. 14, 1935, in Catlettsburg, Ky.' two brothers, Harry Rose
and Earl Kennedy; and four sisters, Elnora Kennedy Hammonds, Norma Kennedy
Woods, Evelyn Kennedy Bocook and Alma Kennedy Rose.
Funeral Services will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 2004, at Erwin-Dodson-Allen
Funeral Home in Minford with Pastor Mark Bales officiating. Burial will
be in Bennett Cemetery at Minford. Friends may call at the funeral home
from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday and one hour before the services on Monday.
In Lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Minford Church of the Nazarene
Building Fund or Missionary Society.