Mattie Lue Rice

Mattie Lue Rice, age 92 of Fordyce, died Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was born June 19, 1928 in New Edinburg, Arkansas. She had previously owned and operated a fabric store in Fordyce, she was a member of First Baptist Church in Fordyce, and was a member of Fordyce Business and Professional Women’s Club.
Mattie Lue is preceded in death by her parents, Charles Bruce Frey and Willie Lucindia Davis Frey; husband, William E. Rice, and daughter, Phyllis Whittingham. She is survived by son-in-law, Ron Whittingham of Mableton, GA; one brother, Evan Marks “Bud” Frey of Many, LA; one grandson, Clayton Whittingham and wife Jessica of Atlanta, GA; and three great grandson, James, William and Christopher Whittingham of Atlanta, GA.
Graveside services will be 2:00 pm Saturday at Freehouse Cemetery in New Edinburg with Rev. Rusty Ross officiating. Arrangements by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce. To sign the online register visit www.bentonfuneralhome.net .