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Funeral services for Ethelrine Martin Rice will be held Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel at West’s Mortuary, Montezuma, Georgia with Reverend Alvin Turner officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Ethelrine was born in Macon County, Georgia on February 18, 1931 to Jimmy and Melissa Haugabook Martin. At an early age, she accepted Jesus Christ as her savior and joined the Harrison Chapel Baptist Church. She grew up in Montezuma and attended Flint River Farm School. While still a young adult, she moved to Florida and worked numerous jobs before retiring and relocating to Montezuma to be with her family. She passed away Friday, September 26, 2015 at Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia. Preceding her in death are two children: Vinell Burnam and Debbie Thomas; one great grandchild, Ny’asia Burnam; four brothers and three sisters.
Her beautiful life will forever be cherished by her children: Jackie Martin (Wanda) of Brooklyn, New York, John Thomas Johnson of Long Beach, California, Joann Johnson of Montezuma, Georgia, Robert Burnam (Tisha) of Marshallville, Georgia and Ronald Burnam of Montezuma, Georgia; grandchildren: Tonya Johnson, Gene Moore, Charmain Black, Laquasha Warren (Jacolby), Shanice Burnam (Brandon), Samaiya Burnam and Kaliegh Burnam; fourteen great grandchildren, one great great grandchild, Nyasia Johnson; a devoted friend Shay Stevens; a host of other loving relatives and friends.