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LeeNora Rice to be honored Saturday

LeeNora Rice of Gloucester, has spent over six decades playing the organ and piano at her home church, Rising Valley Baptist, as well as for other Gloucester churches and special occasions throughout the county. She will be honored during a special “Celebration of the Churches and Gloucester County’s 375 Years,” to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at historic Bethel Baptist Church, 2978 Hickory Fork Road, Gloucester. Organized by the Legacy for Gloucester Citizens, the celebration will feature 13 speakers, one from each of Gloucester’s African American churches, said the organization’s president, Brenda Dixon. Each speaker will share information about the history of their church and will present a song that’s special to their congregation. The theme of the celebration is “This is Our Story, This is Our Song.” In addition, three choirs will perform—the Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir, the Gloucester-Mathews Men’s Chorus, and the MGM (Mathews Gloucester Middlesex) Choir in a “celebration of hope...

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