Frances Cook Rice

Frances Louise Cook Rice, 74, of 128 Davenport Road, Asheville, died Thursday, December 4, 2003, in an Asheville hospital. Mrs. Rice was born in Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late Clinton James and Alma Bates Cook. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Edward Cook and Frank Cook and a sister Ella Mae Brookshire. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Harvey Rice; one sister, Addie Rickman of Candler; two brothers, James Cook of Asheville and Jerry Cook of Hendersonville; a sister-in-law Julia Cook and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Buddy Corbin officiating. Burial will be at Pisgah View Memorial Park. Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Saturday at the funeral home and at other times will be at her sister’s home, 131 Brooks Cove Road, Candler.