HARTFORD, Ky. — Mary Cecille Raley Rice, 70, of Hartford, passed away Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Owensboro, Kentucky. She was born Jan. 22, 1953, in Ohio County, Kentucky, to the late Searcy Fielden Raley and Ruth James Whitehead Raley.
Mary was a member of Horse Branch Church of God. She loved UK basketball but most of all her family.
Aside from her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Searcy Frederick “Fred” Raley, and three sisters, Barbara Ruth Raley Mitchell, Marsha Jewell Raley Reeve, and Darya Dawn Raley Spencer.
She leaves behind to cherish her memory, three sons, Aaron David (Cayce) Messer, of Owensboro, Clint Martin Messer (Holly), of Hartford, and Dereck Lane Moses Messer, of Cromwell, Kentucky; four grandchildren, Adam Garrett Messer, Raley Lane Moses Messer, Garrison Shane Martin Messer, and Adalee Mae Messer; two brothers, David Russell Raley, of Horse Branch, Kentucky, and Paul Elliott Raley, of Horse Branch; and a sister, Jillianee Karen Raley (Ray) Alingh, of Mt. Pleasant, Kentucky.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, Kentucky with Bro. Marvin Dodson officiating. Friends may visit with Mary’s family from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Thursday at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left for the family of Mary Cecille Raley Rice by visiting her memorial tribute at www.danksfuenralhome.com.