RITA JEANNETTE DYE WAS BORN JANUARY 2ND, 1953 TO THE PARENTAGE OF ARCHIE LEE & JESSIE FAYE WHITE IN TERRELL, TEXAS. SHE WAS ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN BORN FROM THIS UNION. RITA ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND UNITED WITH MOUNT HEBRON BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV WITHERSPOON & LATER MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN TERRELL TX, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV IVAN JOHNSON. RITA WAS CURRENTLY ATTENDING BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH, TERRELL, TX, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV RICHARD E. ROLLERSON JR. SHE WAS A BELIEVER & DEVOUT WOMAN OF GOD WHO MIRRORED CHRIST IN THE SERVITUDE OF OTHERS.
RITA ATTENDED TERRELL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE GRADUATED IN 1971. UPON GRADUATION SHE HEADED TO TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ATHENS, TX. SHE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE IN 2019 AND OBTAINED AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE FROM TRINITY VALLEY IN 2021. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, SHE ATTENDED TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IN COMMERCE & WOULD HAVE OBTAINED HER BACHELORS DEGREE THIS MAY 2023.
HER CAREER WAS CENTERED AROUND HER HEALING TOUCH, GENUINE LOVE, AND INTENTIONAL CARE FOR ALL. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AS A NUSRING ASSISTANT AT JACKSON CLINIC HOSPITAL, FOLLOWED BY AXCEL MEDICAL CLINIC & BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE. AFTER SUCH A FULFILLING CAREER IN NURSING, RITA DECIDED TO PURSUE HER FIRST LOVE OF WORKING WITH CHILDREN & BECAME A BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST IN THE TERRELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE SHE COMMITTED HERSELF UNTIL SHE RETIRED.
ON JULY 18TH, 1975 RITA MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE JAMES EARL DYE AND TOGETHER THEY PARENTED 3 CHILDREN JONELLE DAWN GREEN (SEBASTIAN GREEN) JAMIAYA EARVETTE DYE & KELLEE MARQUIS DYE (NATASHA DYE).
SHE IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER & MOTHER, 3 SISTERS (EURRAH THOMAS, BLYNTHIA FORD & LILLIAN WHITE) AND ONE BROTHER (JAMES DABNEY).
SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY… HER HUSBAND JAMES EARL DYE, 3 CHILDREN JONELLE DAWN GREEN (SEBASTIAN GREEN) JAMIAYA EARVETTE DYE & KELLEE MARQUIS DYE (NATASHA DYE). FOUR BROTHERS ARCHIE WHITE JR, ERIC WHITE SR (LAROYSHA), QUENTIN WHITE SR AND JONATHAN PRESTON (BEVERLY). TWO GRANDCHILDREN ALBERNISHA JACKSON & ONEIL WILLIAMS III. FOUR BONUS GRANDCHILDREN ADRIAUNA, ARIONNA, SERENITY & SYMMONE, AND 3 GREAT GRANDS, ALIYAH, ARIANA & AYDAN. A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS , AN AUNT SYLVIA AND A FEW BEST FRIENDS THAT HAVE BECOME FAMILY.
Services: Viewing: Friday, Feb 17, from 5-7 DuBose FH
Celebration Service: Bethlehem BC 500 S. Rockwall Ave. Terrell Tx 75160
11:00 AM. Burial at New Oakwood cemetery – Terrell