Franklin County NcArchives Obituaries.....Pearce, Catherine Tharrington January 20, 1924 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Brenda Gaffney Brgaffney@aol.com July 3, 2018, 10:11 pm Strickland Funeral Home obituaries Catherine Tharrington Pearce of the Cedar Rock Community passed away 9 Mar 2017. She was born 20 Jun 1924 in Franklin County, North Carolina the daughter of Clinton Allen Tharrington (16 Nov 1896 - 19 Jan 1972) and Betsy Boddie Baker (26 Jan 1898 - 20 Oct 1988) Catherine was preceded in death by her husband, Lennis V Pearce (24 Apr 1917 - 7 Nov 1999) sisters: Dorothy Tharrington Gupton (14 Feb 1932 - 23 Mar 1964) Helen Tucker Tharrington Toney (29 Sep 1927 - 26 Nov 2001) brothers: Clinton Allen Tharrington, Jr. (1921 - 1978) William B. Tharrington (1935 - 1982) A funeral service was held at Cedar Rock First Baptist Church where she was a member. Burial followed at the Pearce Family Cemetery in Franklin County. Catherine is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Joyce Pearce; grandsons, Larry Pearce and wife, Teresa; Michael Pearce and wife, Sandra; Marty Pearce all of Cedar Rock; 5 great- grandchildren; 5 great-great grandchildren. The family requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Cedar Rock First Baptist Church, 4879 N.C. Hwy. 56 E., Castalia, NC 27816 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/franklin/obits/p/pearce2027nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb