M. Janet Rice

Marie Janet Worley Rice, 78, of Kenefick, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the Magnolia Place Nursing Home in Liberty. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 18, 2013, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Palms Memorial Park in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Janet was born October 30, 1934 in Lafayette, LA, to parents; John B Guidry and Doris I. Christy Worley, and later adopted by Albert S Worley. She graduated high school in LA, and has been a longtime resident of Kenefick. She was a member of the Kenefick Baptist Church, and an admissions clerk for Bayshore Hospital in Pasadena before retiring. She enjoyed all Church activities, also enjoyed dancing, bingo, dominoes, sewing, and especially her grandchildren. Mrs. Rice was preceded in death by her husband: Everett Leon Rice and her father: Albert S. Worley, mother: Doris I. Christy Worley, son: John H. Scarborough, daughter: Vicki L. Ballou, and sister: Edna C. Furstenfeld. She is survived by her daughters: Cindy Collins of Liberty and Crystal Deshotel and husband David of Liberty, brother: Lloyd Worley of CO, sister: Kim Worley of CO, 14 grandchildren-Brittany LeJeune, John Scarborough, Chelsey Kirton, Tamara Robbins, Byron Eckhart, Phillip Horrell, Jennifer Weeks, Daniel Weeks, Melissa Moss, Samantha Deville, Steven Westmoreland, Gavin Deshotel, Jonathan Deshotel, Jessica Deshotel and numerous great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.