Roca Rice

Roca Rice of Campbellsville, daughter of the late John Walker Gabehart and Minnie Del Smith Gabehart, was born January 28, 1919, in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at12:40 P. M., Wednesday, June 15, 2011 in Radcliff. Age: 92

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Mannsville United Methodist Church. She was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom.

She united in marriage to Edwin L. Rice February 10, 1944. He preceded her in death February 25, 1997.
She is survived by a daughter, Marsha Gail Cecil of Elizabethtown; one grandson, Eric Cecil and wife, Katy of Mt. Sherman; two great-grandchildren: Elena Cecil and Elise Cecil; one sister, Delilah Jones of Fairfield, Ohio; one brother-in-law, Paul Forbeck of Elmhurst, Illinois and two sisters-in-law, Polly Gabehart of Campbellsville and Carolyn Gabehart of Harrodsburg; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

She was also preceded in death by six brothers and two sisters: W. Del Gabehart September 4, 1987, Ralph W. Gabehart April 17, 1989, Ernest S. Gabehart December 22, 1984, Weldon Gabehart May 23, 1983, Samuel Creel Gabehart October 25, 1931, Hubert R. Gabehart February 21, 2011, Tommie Forbeck October 22, 2003 and Catherine Dabney July 22, 1998.