Tim Lakey Rice

Franklin, NC - Tim Lakey Rice, age 96, of Pickens, SC, formerly of Franklin, passed away Thursday, November 22, 2012. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late William Joseph Lakey and Maggie Green Lakey. She was a homemaker, and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She loved to cook pound cakes and read her Bible. She also liked gardening and growing flowers.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Div Rice, daughter, Gladys Sewell, sisters, Julie Vanhook and Mary Houston, and three step-sons, LeRoy Rice, Cecil Glenn Rice and Ward Cleveland Rice.

She is survived by two daughters, Helen Long of Easley, SC and Mary Ann Rogers and husband Alex of Cashiers Valley, NC; two sons, Earl Rice and wife Shirley of Pickens, SC and John Rice and wife Patricia of Stanley, NC; step-son, James Loy Rice of Burlington, NC; seventeen grandchildren, thirty-five great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home, with Rev. Billy Rice and Rev. Van Long officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Methodist Cemetery. Pallbearers will be David English, Bill Houston, Scott White, Jeff Rice, Eddie Rice, Chance Raxter, Joseph Long, and Gregg Hayes.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, Sunday, one hour prior to the service at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home.

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