SIKESTON -- Ellen Rice Culbertson, 91, formerly of New Madrid, died March 7, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born Aug. 12, 1921, in New Madrid, she was the daughter of the late James Washington and Nelia Wren Rice Sr.
On Nov. 18, 1943, he married Earl Culbertson who preceded her in death on March 10, 2005.
Also preceding her in death were one sister, Mary Rice, and one brother, Charlie Rice; and one son-in-law, Gerald Jackson.
Survivors include: one daughter, Gloria Jackson of Sikeston; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Dan Culbertson of Edwardsville, Ill., and Billy R. and Peggy Culbertson of St. Peters; one brother, J.W. Rice Jr. of New Madrid; and seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services were conducted today at the Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid.
Burial followed in the Evergreen Cemetery.
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Memorial donations may be made to:
St. Jude Children's Hospital
P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142
Memphis, TN, 38101-9908
or
New Madrid Baptist Church
1240 Scott St.
New Madrid, MO 63869