Raleigh Rice

RALEIGH DEAN RICE BORN JULY 16, 1993 IN RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO TO WALLACE RICE JR AND THE LATE APRIL WHITEHEAD. HE PASSED ON APRIL 30, 2025 IN AUSTIN TEXAS.

RALEIGH IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ROBYN RICE, SON CHARLES RICE AND DAUGHTER LEIGHA RICE. HIS FATHER WALLACE RICE JR AND STEPMOTHER CLARA RICE. HIS BROTHERS WALLACE RICE, WESLEY RICE AND CODY RICE. SISTERS EUGINA MISQUEZ, JONALYNN STARR, DIAMOND STARR AND SARALYNN STARR. ALSO HIS UNCLE PERNELL EVANS AND AUNT LORETTA SHANTA. HE ALSO HAS NUMEROUS AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSIN, NIECES, NEPHEWS & FRIENDS. ONE GRANDDAUGHTER ZAPHYRIA PROVENCIO. THAT WILL MISS HIM DEARLY.

HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER APRIL WHITEHEAD & MARJORIE FULSOM, AUNT LOWANDA EVANS. GRANDPA WALLACE RICE SR & BEST FRIEND SAMUEL HERERRA.

RALEIGH TRULY LOVED HIS FAMILY, HE WAS A GREAT HUSBAND, FATHER, SON, BROTHER AND UNCLE. RALEIGH LOVED THE OUTDOORS, SHED HUNTING WAS HIS UTMOST FAVORITE THING TO DO, HE ALSO LOVED SKATEBOARDING, RIDING THE FOUR WHEELER, AND HIS DIRT BIKES. HE WAS THE HAPPIEST WHEN HE WAS OUTDOORS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WOODS. RALEIGH WAS GOOD TO HIS FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS. THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES AND MEMORIES PEOPLE HAVE WITH HIM. RALEIGH WAS AN ADVENTURE, HE WAS ALWAYS THERE, WHETHER TO OFFER A HELPING HAND, SHARE A LAUGH. HIS PASSION FOR LIFE WAS EVIDENT IN EVERYTHING HE DID FROM HIS DEDICATION TO HIS WORK TO THE LOVE HE SHOWED TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. RALEIGH HAD AN INCREDIBLE ABILITY TO FIND JOY IN THE SIMPLEST THINGS AND TO SPREAD THAT JOY TO OTHERS. HIS RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES WAS TRULY INSPIRING, TEACHING US THE VALUE OF PERSEVERANCE AND OPTIMISM.

THOUGH RALEIGH LIFE WITH US WAS CUT SHORT THE IMPACT HE MADE WILL LAST FOREVER. HIS LEGACY LIVES ON IN COUNTLESS LIVES HE TOUCHED.