
Duncan Rudd will be officiating. Casket bearers will be Joey, Bailey, and Carter Thomas, Charlie and Sam Fitzgerald, and Bowen Rudd.
Marie was born in Lufkin, Texas on September 11, 1937 the daughter of John Thomas Rice and Alice Barnes Rice. She was a homemaker and a member of Harmony Hill Baptist Church in Lufkin, Texas. Marie was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother. She loved listening to gospel music, singing in a family quartet and watching westerns. She was better known as Texas Granny.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Milton D. (Bill) Stanaland; and her second husband, James McIntosh; brothers, JT Rice, Yank Rice, Archie Rice, Elvin Rice, Irvin Rice, Ray Rice, and Jim Rice.
Survivors include daughters, Flecia Ware (Allen) of Climax, GA, and Linda Gale Rudd (Ken) of Hosford, FL; grandchildren, Tracy Fitzgerald (Charlie), of Gillette, WY, Christopher Rudd (Melissa) of Hosford, FL, Amy Thomas (Joey) of Climax, GA, and Duncan Rudd (Terah) of Hosford, FL; great grandchildren, Madison Morrison (Sheldon), Bailey Thomas (Maddie), Allie Grace Fitzgerald, Rilee Rudd, Carter Thomas, Sam Fitzgerald, and Bowen Rudd; great-great grandchildren, Brayleigh Kate Thomas and Eden Renee Morrison; brothers, Gilbert Rice, Joe Rice, and Bob Rice (Gayle) all of Lufkin, TX; and sister-in-law, Lydia Rice of Lufkin,TX.
Special thanks to Jessica Chambless and Jennifer Thigpen of Archbold Hospice for their loving care.
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