Dorothy Augusta Rice Riddle

Cashiers, NC - Dorothy Augusta Rice Riddle, age 76, of Highlands, NC passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at a Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. She was born in Jackson County, NC the daughter of the late Barney A. and Rosa Kelley Rice. She was a homemaker and she loved gardening and canning. She was member of Heady Mountain Baptist Church.

She is survived by her three daughters, Joan Fisher of Lake Toxaway, NC, Rachel Middleton of Lake Toxaway, NC and Darla McCall of Cashiers, NC; her two sons, Randy Lyday and Teresa of Sapphire, NC and Maverick Riddle of Cashiers, NC; three brothers, Doyle Rice of Cashiers, NC, Oliver Rice of Pine Mtn., GA, and Freeman Rice of Ellijay, GA. Eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Ella Mae Franks and Pearl Geneva Rice and three brothers, Ray, Marvin and Ford Rice.

Funeral services will be held Friday, April 2 at 2:00PM at Heady Mtn. Baptist Church with Rev. Johnny Norris and Rev. Berlis Powell officiating. Andy Franks, Mitchell Rice, Dylan Hampton, Wayne Rice, Coly Lyday and Brandon Queen will serve as pallbearers. Burial will be held at White Water Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Thursday from 6:00-8:00PM at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home in Highlands where the body will remain until placed in the Church thirty minutes prior to service.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences are available by visiting bryantgrantfuneralhome.com or by email.