Bishop Doris Carrie Cook-Rice Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Public Viewing for Bishop Doris Carrie Cook-Rice will be Saturday, February 8, 2020 from 11:00 A.M till 1:00 P.M at Friendship Baptist Church, located 1237 House Street, Columbia, SC 29204. Services will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 1:00 P.M at Friendship Baptist Church, located 1237 House Street, Columbia, SC 29204. Interment will follow in the Stovers Chapel Cemetery. Bishop Doris C. Rice born on June 28, 1928 to the late Carey Pollock Cook and John Cook in Fairfield County. She was the 13th of 15 children. Knowing earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal, it is with great comfort that we know Pastor Doris Cook Rice earned her wings to heaven on January 29, 2020 at 5:30 pm. She transitioned from life to death at Prisma Richland Hospital after a brief stay at Pruitt Health and Rehabilitation Northeast. Her soul is now resting in peace in the presence of the Lord. Doris Carrie Cook was educated in the public schools of Richland County and was a Class of 1947 graduate of Booker T Washington. She furthered her education at Allen University, and successfully earned her degree. Her family thrived in the African Methodist Episcopal Church with her father serving over 50 years in the AME Church. Her devoted involvement in the church sparked a love for God at an early age. Doris loved singing and was always heard singing beautifully throughout the congregation. Being a woman in ministry was such an achievement for Bishop DC Rice. She received her missionary certificate from the AME Church of Newberry District as a conference missionary in October of 1980—1982. She was also granted a Pastor's Appointment with a pastoral charge to the Wateree District under the South Carolina District of the AME Episcopal Diocese on October 2th, 1980 to 1984 as a supply pastor with the Seal of the presiding Bishop Frank Reid. Pastor DC Rice also served in ministry with her husband of over 25 years in the 7th Episcopal District until his untimely death. After the loss of her husband, God led Pastor Rice to start an outreach program in the Broad River Terrace apartment community, where she worked as an apartment manager and a community liaison for ten years. During her tenure at Broad River Terrace Doris grew a deeper hunger for evangelism and outreach work— which led to the funding of Rice Chapel Outreach Ministry, in memory of her husband. Under this band of believers, many were saved and grew in faith under her faithful watch. In 1990, property was given to Pastor Doris Rice on 931 Eastman St., by her only son Archbishop James Rice, and the church was named, Rice Chapel Outreach Church Ministry, where Bishop Doris Rice continued the work of the Lord. In 2015 the InterGlobal Association of Christian Churches Worldwide, elected her as Bishop of the Columbia District. She supported this conference by sending her Pastor to learn and grow at annual events and convocations. She would often lead "roundtable choir breakouts" which included her surprise soprano solo interjections. She was an awesome cook, host of holiday family breakfasts and other church gatherings, such as revivals and gospel sing outs. She loved flowers and cooking as well. Bishop Rice’s health failed in 2016 and she was no longer able to attend services, however, she remained faithful to God in her home Bishop Rice was preceded in death by her husband, Pastor James Rice, Sr., and her 14 siblings, Louise Evans, Adell Powell, Mattie Eichelburger, Geneva Saulters, Wilhelmina Murphy, Etta Mae Muller, Tryphinia Fuller-Wilder, Janie Lee Harrison, Lewis, Daniel, and John Cook. Those left to reflect on her memory to celebrate 91 years of life are: her only son Bishop James (Apostle Dr. JG) Rice, Fort Lauderdale FL; her grandchildren, Jessica Fields (Jonathan) Sumter SC, Ashley Rice, Columbia SC, Amanda Rice, Tallahassee FL, James Rice III, Charlotte NC, Candace McKinney-Jacobs, Ara McKinney-Goins, Columbia, SC, and Calvin Whiting, Jacksonville , FL; her only surviving sister, Mrs. Verlene (Wilbert) Dubard, Columbia SC; great grandchildren, nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Please leave the family your condolences and prayers. The family of Bishop Doris Carrie Cook-Rice, acknowledges with grateful appreciation, all of your kind expressions of love and sympathy. Thank you for helping us care for our families. A. A. Dicks, Sr. and Staffs.

Bishop Doris Carrie Cook-Rice

June 28, 1928 - January 29, 2020