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Geneva Ann Harper Rice

14 May 1920 – 19 Apr 2011

Birth	14 May 1920
Death	19 Apr 2011
Cemetery	Butler-Pleasant Hill Cemetery Star City , Lincoln County , Arkansas , USA
Added by	JKB on 19 May 2007
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19447540

Bio

Mrs. Geneva Ann Rice Ratterree, 90, of Star City, passed away April 19, 2011 at Lincoln Heights Healthcare. She was born May 14, 1920 at Kedron (Cleveland County), the middle child of Joseph Thomas and Winnie Pearl Hobson Harper. She received her education at Watson Chapel Schools. She and her first husband owned and operated the City Service Station, Citgo Service Station and the Gulf Service Station before retiring in 1974. She also worked for Byrd Mfg. at Star City in the pressing department. She was a member of Holly Springs Missionary Baptist Church in the Little Garnett Community. She was a member of Friendship Circle Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Arthur Eugene Rice, to whom she married September 28, 1940; Curtis L. Ratterree, her second husband; parents, Joe and Pearl Harper; three brothers, Thomas Hill Harper, William Wesley Harper and Ernest Edward Harper; three sisters, Winnie Hazel Harper, Lillie Jo Easterling and Marjorie Pearl Peterson; grandson, Cameron Mitchell Harrison; daughter-in-law, Marie Rice and two son-in-laws, Bud Gillespie and John Lee. Survivors include three sons, Thomas Edwin Rice, Donald Wayne Rice and William Eugene Rice, all of Star City; five daughters, Bobbie Jean Lee, Willene (Von) Morris, Mary Ann (Doug) Patrick and Wanda Joyce (Jr) Burr, all of Star City, and Ellene Rice of Rockford, IL; 17 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00AM Thursday at Griffin Funeral Chapel with Bro. Jackie Richardson and Bro. J.C. Patterson officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Butler/Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Holly Springs Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund, C/O Billy Jack Curry, 304 E. Franklin, Star City, AR 71667 or the Butler/Pleasant Hill Cemetery Fund, C/O Harold Mann, 4332 Goodfellow Rd., Star City, AR 71667.

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Family

Parents

• Winnie Pearl Hobson Harper 1892–1965
• Joseph Thomas "Joe" Harper 1894–1984

Spouse

• Arthur Eugene Rice 1909–1978 FaG
• Curtis L. Ratterree 1917–1992 FaG

Siblings

• Thomas Hill "Tom" Harper 1914–1961
• William Wesley Harper 1916–1986
• Ernest Edward Harper 1922–1995
• Marjorie Pearl Harper Peterson 1934–2001

Children

• Thomas Edwin Rice 1943–2021 FaG
• Donald Wayne "Duke" Rice 1945–2019 FaG
• Wanda Joyce Rice Burr 1948–2014 FaG

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