Nellie Rice Reese

ASHEVILLE - NELLIE LOU NANCY RICE REESE, 99, OF 70 SWEETEN CREEK ROAD, DIED FRIDAY JULY 6, 2001 AT GREENTREE RIDGE FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY. SHE RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR THE PAST 58 YEARS AND WAS A DEVOTED AND LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE ADULT LADIES BIBLE CLASS. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE THOMAS SHEPPARD AND ALETHA JANE TWEED RICE AND THE WIFE OF REV. HERBERT ARTHUR REESE WHO DIED APRIL 2, 1983. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, HARRY LEO REESE WHO DIED AUGUST 4, 1967 AND TEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SURVIVING ARE HER SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, RAY DEAN AND CAROLYN ROBINSON REESE OF ASHEVILLE; DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, JUNE AIKEN REESE OF ASHEVILLE; BROTHER, JONAH RICE OF WEAVERVILLE; 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. MONDAY AT PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REV. DR. BRUCE BARTLETT AND REV. RONALD DODSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 9:00 P.M. SUNDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES AT THE HOME OF RAY DEAN AND CAROLYN REESE, 89 WEST OAKVIEW RD.