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Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Rice.

Zip codes in the city: 23966.

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Funeral Homes near Rice

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Bennett & Barden Funeral Home
3215 Anderson Hwy
Powhatan, VA 23139
Bland Reid Funeral Home
413 Griffin Blvd
Farmville, VA 23909
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Clarke Funeral Home
103 E 5th Ave
Kenbridge, VA 23944
Clarke Funeral Home
110 E 5th Ave
Kenbridge, VA 23944
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Doyne-Burger-Davis Funeral Hm
106 Venable St
Farmville, VA 23909
Dunkum Funeral Home Incorporated
16923 Oak St
Dillwyn, VA 23936
Dupee's Funeral Home
112 Gethsemane Church Ave
Drakes Branch, VA 23937
Dupees Funeral Home
112 Gethsemane Church Ave
Drakes Branch, VA 23937
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Eb Allen Funeral Home
706 Griffin Blvd
Farmville, VA 23909
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Hamner-Mc Millian Funeral Home
1400 S Main St
Blackstone, VA 23824
Hawkes WE & Son Funeral Home
504 East St
Blackstone, VA 23824
Hillsman-Hix Funeral Home
16409 Court St
Amelia Ct Hse, VA 23002
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Jeffress Funeral Home
227 Thomas Jefferson Hwy
Charlotte Court House, VA 23923
Jennings McMillian Funeral Home
200 W Carolina Ave
Crewe, VA 23930
Jos B Mc Millian Funeral Home
1826 Cox Rd
Blackstone, VA 23825
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Michael W Hawkes Funeral Home
15001 Patrick Henry Hwy
Amelia Court House, VA 23002
O
Oliver Eggleston Downs Funeral
7685 E Patrick Henry Hwy
Crewe, VA 23930
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Puckett Funeral Home Incorporated
115 Covington Ct
Farmville, VA 23909
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Reid's Funeral Home
15317 N James Madison Hwy
Dillwyn, VA 23936
S
SP Jones & Son Funeral Home
208 N Broad St
Kenbridge, VA 23944
Scott VY Funeral Home
520 N Main St
Blackstone, VA 23824
Scott VY Funeral Home
14001 Patrick Henry Hwy
Amelia Court House, VA 23002
Shorter Funeral Home
1905 S Main St
Farmville, VA 23901
Staples Funeral Home
1322 Park Ave
Victoria, VA 23947
Staples Funeral Home
2300 Nottoway Blvd
Victoria, VA 23974
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Thomas Funeral Home
896 Fletcher Chapel Rd
Kenbridge, VA 23944
Thomas Funeral Home
20 F Ln
Kenbridge, VA 23944
Thomas Marian Gray Funeral Home
101 Cartersville Rd
Cumberland, VA 23040
Trinity Memorial Gardens Incorporated
22482 Prince Edward Hwy
Farmville, VA 23909
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Wilson's Funeral Home
125 Wilson St
Keysville, VA 23947

Facts about the city

Rice is an unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States. Rice has a U.S. Post Office with the ZIP code 23966. The nearest town to Rice is Farmville. During the Civil War ear, it was known as Rice's Depot.As of 2010, Rice's population is 2,256 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 9.51 percent.The median home cost in Rice is $164,640. Home appreciation the last year has been -4.00 percent.Compared to the rest of the country, Rice's cost of living is 4.90% Lower than the U.S. average.Prince Edward County has one elementary school, one middle-school and one high school all located in Farmville, and school buses are used throughout the county including in Rice. Prince Edward County's public schools spend $5,458 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $5,678.The unemployment rate in Rice is 8.10 percent (U.S. avg. is 10.20%). Recent job growth is negative. Rice jobs have decreased by 1.96 percent.Site of the Battle of Rice's Station, a minor engagement in the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War that was the immediate prelude to the Battle of Sayler's Creek.On the evening of April 6, 1865, General Robert E. Lee waited with General James Longstreet's Corps in Rice's Depot for the rest of the army to come up. Hearing heavy firing to the east, General Lee investigated the situation, taking General William Mahone's division with him. Lee rode about two miles back along the Rice-Deatonville Road to a high knoll above Big Sailor's Creek where he saw \"teamsters without wagons, soldiers without rifles, and shattered regiments without officers\" fleeing across the creek and up the hill.He was reported to have said, \"My God has the army been dissolved?\"One of the men answered, \"No, General, here are troops ready to do their duty.\" In fact, Lee lost a fifth of his army at the battle of Sailor's Creek.Rice is on the High Bridge Trail State Park, and has a large parking lot for access to the Trail.

Rice Obituaries

It was disclosed by Regional Obits on June 15th, 2021 that John Chester Davis died in Rice, Virginia.  Davis was 58 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor John Chester's life.

It was reported on June 13th, 2017 that Samuel Vaughan Lieutenant General "General Sam" Wilson passed away in Rice, Virginia.  Wilson was 93 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Samuel Vaughan Lieutenant General "General Sam"'s life.

It was revealed on May 24th, 2012 that G Dean Palmer died in Rice, Virginia.  Palmer was 78 years old and was born in Ada, OK.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor G Dean's life.

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Virginia

Category:Prince Edward County, Virginia. Rice is an unincorporated area community in Prince Edward County, Virginia Edward County, Virginia, United States. . . .

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