Peggy Wrice

on Feb. 19, 1926, to the late Mr. Napoleon and Mrs. Bernice Davis

Mrs. Wrice was called home on February 17, 2011 at 20 Crestwood Lane

She was married to the late Rev. Dr. Harold D. Wrice, Sr.(67years),

their union was blessed with many children; Harold D. Wrice, Jr.,

Mozelle Walker (Penny J.), Betty Lou Roderick (Mark J.),

Dutchess Wrice, Gilbert Wrice (Kathy), Rena Boston, Gregory Wrice

(Lynn), Marcella Wrice, Kristina Wrice, Robert Wrice, Dianne Brooks,

Perneatha Sherman, Stephanie Wrice, Joanna Stinson and Paul Bentley.

Peggy attended local schools in Georgia, she moved to CT in 1943.

She joined Union A.M.E. Zion Church, now Spottswood; at Union, she

sang in senior choir, worked on Stewardess Board #2, Missionary Society.

Upon Rev. Wrice's call to the ministry, Mrs. Wrice served as

First Lady at Bloomfield A.M.E. Zion (a mission work), Parker and

Beulah A.M.E. Zion Churches. Mrs. Wrice, her husband along with

their children transferred to the Kentucky Conference, where she

took up the duties as First Lady of Zion Temple A.M.E. Zion Church,

along with two other rural A.M.E. Zion Churches.

Peggy and her husband returned to the New England Conference,

to their home church, Spottswood, where she worked as Sect. in the

children ministry, with Sis. A. Coley, in the Missionaries, the Deaconess

Board, the tape ministry and Peggy and Harold served as leader of

leaders. Mrs. Wrice served as Sect. for the Hartford Dist. W.H. & O.M.

Society for nine years, under the leadership of Sis. Margie J. Bonner.

Rev. Wrice took the appointment to Clinton A.M.E. Zion, Ansonia and

Rev. and Mrs. Wrice served several years before their retiring in 1993.

In being a wife and mother, Peggy worked in the church, also outside

jobs, such as the Latimer Laundry, Stanley Works, Fafnir Bearings,

The South Church Day Care Center, from which she retired.

Mrs. Wrice leaves to cherish her memory 15 children(above), 61

grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, 28 great-great-grandchildren,

one sister Helen Mitchell, a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

She was predeceased by her husband The Rev. Dr. Harold D. Wrice, Sr.,

a daughter, Rev. Gladys Robertson; three grandchildren, Dean Wrice,

Troy Wrice and Kyle Berry.

A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Thursday February 24, 2011 at Spottswood AME Zion Church

25 Crestwood Ln, New Britain. Burial will follow in Quinnipiac Cemetery in the Plantsville Section of Southington. There are no calling hours. The DellaVecchia Funeral Home has been entrusted with her funeral arrangements. Visit www.dellavecchiafh.com for online condolences and directions.