With profound reverence and heartfelt sorrow, Mr. J. Morrill Gray and the devoted staff of Paradise Funeral Home humbly announce the homegoing of our beloved Mr. Eddie Rice, Jr..
Though the shadow of death has passed over, we stand firm in the eternal promise that death does not have the final word. For the Word declares, “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:55). Mr. Rices’ has not been lost to us but has been received into the everlasting arms of our Lord, where there is no more pain, no more sorrow, and no more tears.
While our hearts grieve his physical departure, our spirits rejoice in the blessed assurance that he now rests in the presence of the Almighty. Love endures beyond the veil of mortality, and Mr. Eddie Rice, Jr.’s. spirit lives on—radiant and free—having exchanged his earthly tent for a heavenly dwelling.
Funeral Services will be 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church 919 West Central Street Warren, Arkansas with Presiding Elder Kent J. Broughton eulogist. Interment will be in St. John Cemetery by Paradise Funeral Home of Pine Bluff.
Visitation will be Saturday, August 9, 2025 from 1:30pm – 2:30pm at the church.
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