NAME: PATRICIA ANN (NICHOLS) RICE, AGE 43, A RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: JULY 10, 1960 AT DREW, MISSISSIPPI TO SANDY LEE AND IRENE (RILEY) NICHOLS.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2003 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 43 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS.

EDUCATION: SHE GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY.

MARRIED: GEORGE WAYNE RICE ON JULY 1, 1985 AT SHERMAN, TX.

OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED AS A CNA AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND: GEORGE WAYNE RICE OF TISHOMINGO, OK.

DAUGHTERS: SHANTELL SHIELDS OF ATOKA, OK. CONSTANCE RICE OF ATOKA, OK. RIVA PEWAMO OFHORTON, KS.

GRANDDAUGHTER: JADAKE PEWAMO.

SISTERS: DELOIS OWENS AND HUSBAND ALBERT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MATTIE NICHOLS OF ATOKA, OK. JANICE WALKER AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF ATOKA, OK. SANDRA KAY WEST OF KANSAS. CASANDRA PEARSON OF KANSAS.

BROTHERS: WILLIE RILEY OF ATOKA, OK. CHARLES RILEY OF ATOKA, OK. LOUIS MICHAEL NICHOLS OF ATOKA, OK. ROBERT JAMES NICHOLS OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: SANDY AND IRENE NICHOLS. SON: RICKY TYLER RICE. SISTER: DOROTHY JEAN NICHOLS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: PASTOR ROBERT WEST.

CASKETBEARERS: BRANDON CROOMS, MICHAEL WALKER JR., LOUIS NICHOLS JR., THAAO HOPSON, CODY NICHOLS, TIMOTHY RILEY.

FLOWERBEARERS: ROCHELLE WALKER, WHITNEY RILEY, ROSA HOPSON, LEANN NICHOLS, CHRISTINA RILEY, PAM RILEY, KARMON BROOKS.