LINDA DEWBERRY RICE, 68, WAS THE DAUGHTER OF LEROY BLAKE AND ANNIE MAE FLEMING. SHE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1952 IN SEBRING, FL. SHE PEACEFULLY TRANSITIONED ON JANUARY 21, 2021, IN FT. PIERCE, FL.
SHE WAS EDUCATED IN THE HIGHLANDS COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. IN 2010, LINDA RETIRED FROM SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS A GENERAL SECRETARY.
LINDA ENJOYED SINGING AND LISTENING TO GOSPEL ARTISTS SUCH AS SHIRLEY CESAR AND ALBERTINA WALKER . HER FAMILY REMARKED THAT SHE LOVED TO COOK SOUL FOOD.
LINDA WAS PROCEDED IN DEATH: BY HER PARENTS; HER SIBLINGS, EDNA LOIS DAVIS, ALFRED GOLDEN; AND ALFRED MADDOX GOLDEN; CHILDREN, CONNIE DEWBERRY AND SHANIQUA BLAKE.
SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES: HER CHILDREN, TOSHIA DIABATE, JAMES LUDDEN, LEVI DEWBERRY, SHONDA DEWBERRY PRINGLE (SAM), KEVIN DEWBERRY, CRAIG DEWBERRY (CONNIE),MIRACLE BLAKE, KIERA DEWBERRY AND SARIYA BLAKE; GRANDCHILDREN, RASHAD MATHIS, MARCUS DEWBERRY, LEVI "LJ" DEWBERRY, JR., CRAIG DEWBERRY, ORLANDO STALEY, JAZMINE DEWBERRY, ASIAH DEWBERRY, MALCOLM DEWBERRY, LAIYA DEWBERRY, SERENITY DEWBERRY AND KINSLEY DEWBERRY;; SIBLINGS, ERNEST JAMES FLEMING (SHIRLEY), CORA RICH, LEROY BLAKE, JR., CHERY BLAKE LEVERSON (JIMMIE), EARLINE HIPPS, SABRINA BLAKE AND MAXINE BEADLE; AND A HOST OF MANY SORROWING NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.
To send flowers
to the family or plant a tree
in memory of LINDA (DEWBERRY) RICE, please visit our floral store.