Rice, Mary Skaff, 94, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed on Sunday, June 12, 2016. She is survived by her children, Crystal Rice Sisler, Joan Blecha, Charles R. Rice (Patti), Elizabeth Rice Banninga (Gary), Mary Rice Mackoul (Raleigh), Albert W. Rice (Janese), twenty-six grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her son John G. Rice and her grandson Gregory M. Sisler. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, that donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. There will be a private Celebration of Life ceremony for family and close friends. Arrangements under the direction of Hardage-Giddens Rivermead Funeral Home, Orange Park, FL.