Lucille Rice
Posted: July 23, 2014
STARKVILLE — Lucille Rice, 94, died July 20, 2014, in Starkville. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Blackjack MB Church in Starkville with the Rev. R. T. Branson officiating. Burial will follow at Fox Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday from noon-6 p.m. at Century-Hairston Funeral Home. Ms. Rice was born in Sessums on Nov. 22, 1919, to the late Ike Madison Sr. and Pinkie Chandler. She was formerly employed as a cosmetologist. She is survived by two daughters, Cora Pegues and Arlanda Vance, both of Starkville; brothers, Lloyd Madison of Starkville, Nash Madison of Jackson and Dennis Madison of St. Louis; sisters, Luis Lowery and Earnestine Howard, both of St. Louis, Pearl Jones of Jackson; one grandson and two great-granddaughters.