Marie Arnell Rice

Marie Arnell Rich Rice, 63, formerly of 478 Dogwood Road, Candler, died Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Magnolia Health Care Center. Mrs. Rice was born in Buncombe County and was the daughter of the late Arthur William Rich and Violet Robinson Rich. She worked with her father and son at Southeastern Door Controls for several years. For the past ten years she worked as receptionist with ICI Door Control Co. She formerly attended Pole Creek Baptist Church. Surviving are her son, James Rice and his wife Krista Harrison Rice of Candler; one granddaughter Michelle Rice; and two brothers Jerry Rich and his wife Phyllis and Gerald Rich and his wife Carolyn, all of Candler, and a number of nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. G.W. Jamison officiating. Burial will be at Pisgah View Memorial Park. Her family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home and suggest that memorials be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.