Marzelle Phoebe Rice

Funeral services for Marzelle Phoebe Rice, 100, will be held Thursday, January 29, 2026 at First Baptist Church, 2051 Port Arthur St, Zwolle, Louisiana at 10:00 a.m. with a visitation beginning at 9:00 a.m. A Burial will follow the service at Newlin Cemetery , 1287 Newlin Cemetery Rd, Singer, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Brother Michael McIntosh and Brother Marty Williams.

Marzelle was born on November 12, 1925 to Iutress Cooley and Beatrice Bertha Cooley in Singer, Louisiana and passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 in Many, Louisiana.

Marzelle is preceded in death by her husband, Calvin P. Rice; parents, Iutress and Beatrice Cooley; sisters, Maxine Slaydon, Eulene Dickerson, Aileen Hickman, and Faye Perry; brother, Earl Cooley; and grandson, Duane Leggett. She is survived by her son, Dr. Charles Rice and wife, Koyne, of Lewisville, North Carolina; daughters, Brenda Morrow and husband, Carl, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Betty Leggett and husband, John, of Zwolle, Louisiana; sisters, Lou Slaydon and husband, Junior, of DeRidder, Louisiana and Linda Hamiter of Washington; brother, Iutress Cooley, Jr. and wife, Myrna, of Merryville, Louisiana; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Honoring Marzelle as pallbearers will be Eli Morrow, Ezra Morrow, John Michael McIntosh, Brett Sanders, Matt Morrow, and Chad Morrow.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Lottie Moon Mission Fund at First Baptist Church in Zwolle, Louisiana.

Services and care were provided to the family by Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Many, Louisiana.