Eloise Rice

Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 28, 2007, for Eloise Rice at Woodbine Cemetery in Artesia, New Mexico with Rev. Walt Isaacs, retired minister, officiating. Mrs. Rice was born Jan. 14, 1917 in Rogers, Texas and graduated from Lubbock High School. She married Pete Donnell in 1940, and he preceded her in death in 1956. She later married James Rice in 1964, and he also preceded her in death. She was a resident of Artesia, New Mexico from 1951 until 2003 where she worked for the Artesia public schools as the high school secretary from 1951 to 1978. She always loved her Artesia Bulldogs. In 2003, she moved to Pampa to be with her daughter. She was a loving mother and grandmother and was fondly known by her grandchildren and great grandchildren as Lady. She was a Methodist, and she enjoyed crochet and reading. Survivors include daughter Marci Welborn and husband John of Pampa; sister Valera Dutch Smith of Artesia; 2 grandsons Brian Welborn and wife Marilyn of Amarillo and Joe Welborn and wife Autumn of Lubbock; a granddaughter Kellye Sparkman and husband David of Canyon; and by five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister, Maurine Mathis. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity