Birth Date: 02/07/1936
Deceased Date: 01/14/2023
Shelda Lee Cox Patterson Rice, age 86, of Princeton, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2023. Born in Middlesex on February 7, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Herman and Gonza Lee Harrell Cox.
She was preceded in death by her husband Ted Rice, daughter Sheree Murray, grandson Byrone Murray, sisters Rhea Martinez and Nita Korenek, and brothers, Daniel H. “Buck” Cox, Jr. and Mickey Cox.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, January 19, at 11 am in the chapel of Parrish Funeral Home in Selma with Rev. Leah Slaton officiating. The family will receive friends just prior to the service from 10-11 am.
Surviving are her daughters, Regina Sato and Cary of Winston-Salem, Sabrina Patterson and Keith of LaGrange, and Sonya Woodard and Ernie of Princeton; step-children, Phillip Rice, Gary Rice and Patti Paris; brother Vernon Cox and Gwen of Lillington; sisters Rita Crisco of Sanford and Edna Purtell of Florida; and grandchildren Colby Sato, Kinsey Sato, Amanda Murray Arnold and Matt, Nina Murray Duff and Tyler, Zachary Woodard and Tanner Woodard.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield, NC 27577.
