Dougherty-Randolph-Terrell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Pierce III, Walter Eugene (Gene) March 3, 2007
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Mathews Funeral Home - 2007
Date of Birth:October 10, 1946
Date of Death: March 3, 2007

Walter Eugene (Gene) Pierce III, 60, of 417 Gander Lane, Dawson, GA, died March 
3, 2007, following an illness.  The funeral service will be conducted Tuesday 
at 2:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home.   Interment will follow in Salem Baptist 
Church Cemetery in Edison.

A native of Randolph County, Gene grew up in Edison, the son of Ann Crozier 
Pierce and the late Walter Eugene Pierce, Jr., and graduated from Edison High 
School.  He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Albany. 

Gene proudly volunteered to serve his country in 1968 by enlisting in the US 
Army and served one tour of duty in Vietnam participating in the TET 
Offensive.  When his enlistment was up, he returned to the States and enrolled 
in The University of Georgia, where he graduated with a degree in journalism.  
After a brief employment with the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Gene followed 
his father and grandfather into the timber industry.

Gene was a well respected and much loved member of the Albany and Southwest 
Georgia community.  Gene’s expertise in forestry carried him to many parts of 
the world.  In 1977 he lived in Brazil and logged the Rain Forest in the Amazon 
in what would become one of the most notable land clearing attempts in 
history.  His vast knowledge of the timber business was utilized as an 
independent contractor by many plantation owners and managers for over 35 
years.  He worked closely as an advisor for Mead Coated Paper, Great Southern 
Paper Company, Georgia Pacific and many other large paper industry 
corporations.  Gene enjoyed a lifelong friendship and business relationship 
with Mr. Sam M. Davis, Davis Lumber Company and Johhny Kavanaugh with K & A 
Logging.  He was employed with Elberta Crate and Box Company in Bainbridge, 
Georgia for 16 years and most recently had established W.E. Pierce Company and 
worked in association with Tolleson Lumber Company in Perry, Georgia.

A fun-loving, kind and generous southern gentleman, Gene Pierce was the kind of 
man legends are made of. He lived life to the fullest every day of his life and 
was a friend to all and foe to none. 

Survivors include his wife, Kay Heard Pierce, three sons, Walter Eugene Pierce 
IV and his wife, Carrie, of Edison, GA, Chadwick Tennille Pierce and his wife, 
Brandi, of Leesburg, GA, and Brian Kerry Dean and his wife, Sheree, of 
Bainbridge, GA, a beloved daughter, Beth Dean Haberman and her husband, Chris, 
of Dallas, TX, his mother, Ann Crozier Pierce of Edison, a brother, Robert 
Pierce of Edison, GA; mother-in-law, Mable Freeman Byrd of Dawson, GA and four 
cherished grandchildren, Sealy Pierce, Austin Davis, Seth Pierce and Haley Dean.


 


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