Sclomia Poole Rice
September 9, 1901 ~ October 9, 1998
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
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Sclomia Poole Rice, 97, formerly of 192 Wellington Street,
Asheville, died Friday, October 9, 1998.
Mrs. Rice was born in Greenville, SC, and was a daughter of the late
Erwin and Arleatha Mullinax Poole. She was the retired owner and
operator of Asheville Reweaving Service on Wall Street, Asheville, and
was a former member of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. She
was a member of State Street Baptist Church and VFW Post 891. She was
preceded in death by a daughter, Lillie Levi in 1993.
She is survived by two daughters, Margie McGill of Candler and
Frances Beddingfield of Mountain Home, NC; a son, Buford Pitman of
Travelers Rest, SC; a sister, Zadie Roberts of Houston, TX; a half-sister,
Thelma Akers of Baltimore, MD; fourteen grandchildren, fifteen great-
grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-great-
granddaughter.
Graveside services will be at 11:00 am Wednesday at Grand View
Memorial Gardens, Travelers Rest, with the Revs. Dennis Thurman and
G.W. Jameson officiating.
Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8 pm Tuesday at Groce Funeral
Home and request that memorials be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO
Box 16, Asheville, NC 28802.
Asheville, died Friday, October 9, 1998.
Mrs. Rice was born in Greenville, SC, and was a daughter of the late
Erwin and Arleatha Mullinax Poole. She was the retired owner and
operator of Asheville Reweaving Service on Wall Street, Asheville, and
was a former member of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. She
was a member of State Street Baptist Church and VFW Post 891. She was
preceded in death by a daughter, Lillie Levi in 1993.
She is survived by two daughters, Margie McGill of Candler and
Frances Beddingfield of Mountain Home, NC; a son, Buford Pitman of
Travelers Rest, SC; a sister, Zadie Roberts of Houston, TX; a half-sister,
Thelma Akers of Baltimore, MD; fourteen grandchildren, fifteen great-
grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-great-
granddaughter.
Graveside services will be at 11:00 am Wednesday at Grand View
Memorial Gardens, Travelers Rest, with the Revs. Dennis Thurman and
G.W. Jameson officiating.
Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8 pm Tuesday at Groce Funeral
Home and request that memorials be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO
Box 16, Asheville, NC 28802.
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