Annie Rice

April 30, 1940 - April 26, 2019

The Unity Mortuary of Anderson announce that family and friends will gather 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, 2019 to celebrate the life of Mrs. Annie Ruth Rice at Mt. Zion Baptist Church 206 Zion Street Belton, SC with interment to follow in the church cemetery.The family is at 42 Rice Drive Donalds, SC 29638. Annie Ruth Allen Rice enjoyed seventy-eight years and three hundred sixty-one days of life. She was the daughter of Elijah (Chuck) Allen and Iola Fant Allen. Annie was preceded in death by Mr. Ollie AB Rice. She leaves to cherish fond memories four children. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Belton, SC where she sang on the choir and was a member of the Missionary Ministry. In her earlier years, Annie Ruth was a homemaker who earned money as a seamstress and hairdresser sewing complete outfits for customers and styling hair with a hot comb and curlers. She also enjoyed baking cakes, cooking, and restoring used items. Annie later worked at Oxford and Blair Textiles Plants. She retired to enjoy life with family and friends. She leaves to cherish fond memories,two daughters, Nancy (Jerry) Smith of Fayetteville, NC and Sherine Rice of Donalds, SC; two sons, Anthony (Rose Mary) Rice and Gregory (Melissa) Rice of Belton, SC; three sisters, Louise Bennett, Elizabeth Cowan and Nancy (Williams) Lomax of Belton, SC; one brother, Fred Douglas (Lillian) Allen of Easley, SC; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and many self-adoptees that called her “ma.