Obituary of Ocie May PIERSON, Crawford County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Admire This obituary was copied from the collection located at the Robinson Public Library. The obituaries themselves are usually not dated. Whoever made the collection has written down the dates by hand. The source of the obituary (i.e. which newspaper) is also not included. Transcribed by Dan Weger. Ocie May Pierson (6/28/1978) Ocie May Pierson, 81, Palestine, was pronounced dead on arrival at Crawford Memorial Hospital Tuesday afternoon of an apparent heart attack. She is survived by four sons, Ernest and Larry, both of Palestine; Wayne Pierson, Hanover Park, and Harold Pierson, Lafayette, La.; two daughters, Norma Neal, Las Vegas, Nev., and Joan Viore, Cleveland, Ohio; 18 grand-children; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob and Ida Gire Bogard, her husband, Charles Edward Pierson, and a daughter, Irene Malcolm. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Goodwine Funeral Home, Palestine, with Rev. Charles Wickizer officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and until service time Friday. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ***************************************************************** Contributed by: Jim Admire