Grace Rice

Grace Marie Wright Rice (nee Grimes), age 90, of Mt. Airy, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010, at Brinton Woods Health Care Center, Sykesville, MD. She was born June 19, 1920 in Carroll County, Winfield, MD on Braddock Road. She was the daughter of the late William Dorsey Grimes and the late Ella Mae Pickett Grimes on Braddock Road. She was the wife of the late Frederick Talbert Wright and the late Kenneth Hedges Rice. Grace worked at Grifs Opera House as a presser; cigar factory in Frederick; Hamilton’s in Baltimore making dental equipment and Springfield Hospital Center in dietary. She was the mother of Betty M. Wright Carey & husband Jack E. Carey of Taylorsville, Robert L. Wright & Companion James Knight of Silver Run, Augustus T. Wright and wife Peggy Shaffer Wright of Surfside Beach, S.C. and LeRoy A. Wright and companion Michael Yurko of Taylorsville. Sister of Effie I. Grimes Fisher of Alabama, Ernest Monroe Grimes of Finksburg. Predeceased by Sister Ethel M. Grimes Holland, brothers Charles Edward, Roy William, Walter E., Harold C.C., Frank “Smokey” and Arthur Harman Grimes. Also survived by 3 granddaughters; Jacqueline D. Carey Graham of Taylorsville, Shelly Wright of Hampstead and Danna Carbaugh of Chambersburg, PA; great grandchildren Rachael A. Graham of Taylorsville, Mark Stanton of Hampstead, Jessica Stanton of Hampstead, and Skyler Carbaugh of Chambersburg, PA. Also survived step children Dorothy Unverzagt and the late Donald E. Rice. Also survived by several nieces and nephews and eight step grandchildren. Friends may call at the Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, PA, 1212 W. Old Liberty Road, Winfield, (Beside South Carroll High School) on Sunday from 5-8 PM. Funeral Service will be held Monday, August 9, 2010 at 11:00 AM at Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, PA with the Rev. Sarah B. Dorrance of Taylorsville U.M. Church in Taylorsville officiating. Interment Taylorsville U.M. Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, MD. Memorial Contributions can be made to: Taylorsville U.M. Church, 4356 Ridge Road, Mt. Airy, MD 21771.
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