Ms. Goldie Sturdivant Rice, age 83 wife of the late Bill Rice of Sturdivant – Morgan Road, Corbin, Kentucky, passed away on Monday evening at the Beech Tree Manor Nursing Home in Jellico, Tennessee.

She was the mother of David Sturdivant and wife, Joyce of Manchester, Kentucky and Gary Sturdivant and wife, Jackie of Mason, Ohio. She was the sister of Billie Jo Justice of Independence, Kentucky.  She was blessed with six grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and four step-great grandchildren. Besides her husband she was also preceded in death by one son, Clarence Sturdivant, Jr., by one grandson, J.D. Sturdivant, by her parents, Bill and Daisy Jones Moore and by one brother, Delbert Moore.

She was a Homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith and a member of the Church of God, Cleveland Assembly.

Burial will follow in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Corbin, Kentucky.

Laurel Funeral Home is honored to be of service to the Sturdivant and Rice families.

Please remember the Governor of Kentucky’s COVID-19 mandate effective November 20, 2020, ALL FUNERAL SERVICES MUST BE PRIVATE and are limited to only 25 people in attendance. All people entering the funeral home are REQUIRED to be wearing a face covering of some kind at all times, including graveside services and maintain the six feet social distancing instruction, please refrain from any handshakes or physical contact of any kind. We thank you for your help in following these guidelines and understanding that this is NOT Laurel Funeral Home’s requirements, but the Governor of Kentucky’s mandate that effects ALL Kentucky funeral homes. 

We thank you so much for your understanding.  

In lieu of flowers the family respectfully requests memorial contributions be made to the Lexington Human Society, 1600 Old Frankfort Pike, Lexington, Kentucky 40504