Viola A. Rice Lee

Viola A. Rice Lee, 93, of Tamaroa, passed away at 3:30 P.M., Saturday, November 29, 2003 at the Heritage Manor in Pana.
Viola was a homemaker and a member of the Grace Baptist Church of Tamaroa.
She was born November 20, 1910 at Waltonville, IL the daughter of William and Margaret (Johnson) Martin.
She married Theodore Rice on May 5, 1926 at Benton, IL.  He passed away September 8, 1981. She then married Harlan Lee on April 10, 1983 at Tamaroa, IL He passed away July 1, 1990.
She is survived by three daughters- Imogene Goforth of Du Quoin, Betty Prater of Pana and Teddi Ramirez of Waterloo, two brothers- Everett Martin of St. Joseph, MI and Raymond Martin of Benton Harbor, MI, one sister- Wilma Parker of California, seven grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren and twenty great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, one sister-Mary Lee, one granddaughter Carole Bigham.
Funeral services were at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, December 2, 2003 at the Searby Funeral Home in Tamaroa with Rev. Vince Ramirez officiating.
Friends called from 5 to 8 P.M., Monday at the Searby Funeral Home in Tamaroa.
Interment was in the Antioch Cemetery at Tamaroa.
Friends may make memorials to the American Cancer Society.
