RICE, Leabelle Marie  Age 82, of Betsy Layne, wife of the late 
Cecil Rice, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2002, at the Pikeville 
Methodist Hospital, Pikeville. She was born October 5, 1920, in 
Betsy Layne, the daughter of the late Joe Stone and Alice Lynch 
Stone. She was a retired cook, having worked for 20 years with 
the Floyd County School System, and was a member of the Betsy 
Layne Senior Citizens. Survivors include four sons, Ronald Dean 
Rice of Morgantown, Indiana, Gary Lee Rice of Teaberry, Bruce 
Edward Rice and Timothy Wayne Rice, both of Betsy Layne; two 
daughters, Linda Carol Samons of Banner, and Brenda Kay Campbell 
of Pikeville; one brother, Bill Stone of Lexington, 11 grand
children and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services of 
Leabelle Marie Rice will be conducted Wednesday, December 11, at 
11 a.m., at the Hall Funeral Home Chapel, Martin, with Baptist 
ministers officiating. Burial will be in the Ferguson Cemetery, 
at Harold, under the professional care of the Hall Funeral Home. 
Visitation is at the funeral home. (FCT'S)