Ruby Elizabeth Rice1

F, #15719, b. Mar 5, 1917, d. Jan 21, 2002
Pedigree
Father*Hugh Latimer Rice1 b. Feb 16, 1879, d. Oct 31, 1969
Mother*Annie Louise Byrum1 b. Feb 8, 1883, d. Aug 2, 1970

Family

Noel Micajah Hobbs b. Dec 18, 1910, d. Nov 14, 1998

Chronological Events

Birth*Mar 5, 1917 Ruby Elizabeth Rice was born on Mar 5, 1917 at Sunbury, Gates County, North Carolina, United States.1 
 She was the daughter of Hugh Latimer Rice and Annie Louise Byrum.1 
Marriage*Dec 30, 1938 Ruby Elizabeth Rice married Noel Micajah Hobbs on Dec 30, 1938.1 
Death*Jan 21, 2002 Ruby Elizabeth Rice died on Jan 21, 2002, at age 84 at Norfolk, City of Norfolk, Virginia, United States.1 
ObituaryJan 23, 2002  OBITUARY: Ruby Rice Hobbs, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, 84, formerly of Edgewood Avenue, died Jan. 21, 2002.
A native of Sunbury, N.C., she was the widow of Noel M. Hobbs and a retired homemaker/seamstress. Mrs. Hobbs was a member of South Norfolk Baptist Church, where she served many years as a Sunday school teacher, was WMU president and Southside WMU group leader.
Survivors include three daughters, Anita Matteson and husband Burton J. Matteson III of Virginia Beach, Dorothy Hackworth and husband Charles G. Hackworth of Chesapeake and Christine Ussery and husband Joe W. Ussery Jr. of Chesapeake; a sister, Edna R. Hoffler of Sunbury, N.C; a brother, Frank L. Rice and wife Frances Rice of Sunbury; eight grandchildren, Beth M. Davis, Charles G. Hackworth II, David A. Hackworth, Burton J. Matteson IV, Cynthia U. Fryar, Joe W. Ussery III, Meredith L. Ussery and Jennifer M. Ussery; eight great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Mike Norman. She was predeceased by her parents, Annie Byrum Rice and Hugh L. Rice.
A funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in South Norfolk Baptist Church by the Rev. Frank Hughes and Dr. A. Wayne Cook. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk. Visitation will be held today from 7 to 8 p.m. at Francis A. Gay Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel. The family will be at 3707 Sandpiper Lane, Chesapeake, at all other times.
Memorial donations may be made to South Norfolk Baptist Church Renovation Fund or Comfort Care Hospice, 667 Kingsborough Square No. 202, Chesapeake, VA 23320.

Published in The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, VA, January 23, 2002, Pg. B6.2
 
Burial*Jan 24, 2002 She was buried on Jan 24, 2002 at Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, Norfolk, City of Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 66143847
Plot: Maple Grove Lot 126 Space 3.3 

Citations

  1. [S862] Site - RootsWeb.com, online at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
  2. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  3. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.