Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Pierce, Robert Lawrence May 2, 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: E. Stephens stephens2247@bellsouth.net January 25, 2007, 12:21 pm The Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA, May 08, 2003 Robert Lawrence Pierce, 73, of 218 Lake View Drive, Cedartown, passed away Friday, May 2, 2003. He was born Dec. 12, 1929 in Cherokee County, AL, and was a member of the Southside Baptist Church. He was retired form the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of First Sergeant. He was a veteran, with tours in both Korea and Vietnam. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lucian and Dorothy Brown Pierce; brother, Wallace Pierce; and sisters, Alline Gray and Catherine Watts. Survivors include his wife, Gerda G. Pierce of Cedartown; son, Ronny Pierce of Villa Rica; daughters, Sandra Parris and Sissy Johnson, both of Cedartown; brother, Charles Pierce of Cedartown; sisters, Louella Woody and Alta Wheeler, both of Cedartown and Gean Pierce of Birmingham; three grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, May 6 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of the Lester C. Litesey Funeral Home with Dr. James Guy and Rev. J.C. Robinson officiating. Interment followed in Polk Memory Gardens with full military honors conducted by the Brewster – Cleveland American Legion Post #86. Pallbearers were Wallace Gray, Jerry Parris, Trey Brooks, Matt Johnson, James Chandler and Brian Chandler. The Lester C. Litesey Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. (The Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA, May 08, 2003) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/polk/obits/p/pierce9386ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb