MS. EMMA LEE RICE

December 11, 1948 - September 12, 2020

She leaves many loving memories to be cherished by her five children; two sons, Dennis Spruell (Shanetta) and Lewayne Spruell (Priscilla) both of Starkville, MS; three daughters: Emily Reynolds (Clifford) of Columbus, MS, Anita Brown, and Aries Spruell both of Starkville, MS; eight step-children: Patricia Rice and Christie Rice both of Charlotte, NC; Teresa Foster, Daphne Lee (Johnnie), Hazel Ingram, Tracy Ingram, Gloria Hubbard (Lewis), James Ingram all of Starkville, MS. She leaves an unfillable void in twelve sweet grandchildren, Alexandria Tutton of Columbus, MS; Arshuntay Brown, Arshaylian Brown, Alunte Tate, Brayden Spinks and Berkley Spinks, Deionte Spruell, Awtumn Spruell, all of Starkville, MS; Dizeria Spruell of Atlanta, GA; Alvin Jackson (Tekava) of Crawford, MS; Sheridan Jobe of Albuquerque, NM; LeWayne Robinson of Columbus, MS; four great-grandchildren. She leaves a brother, Sam Rice of Starkville, MS; and two sisters, Dorothy McGee (Henry) of Milton, FL and Kenya Tyree of Columbus, MS; a sister-in-law, Ernestine Rice of Starkville, MS and a brother-in-law, AJ Buckhalter of Crawford, MS; two aunts, Ellen Guy of Starkville, MS; and Mattie (Woody) Samuels of Tuscaloosa, AL.