Gates County NcArchives Obituaries.....Pierce, Joseph Samuel 1964 ************************************************ 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: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net January 27, 2022, 5:38 pm THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 09-07-1964, SECT. I, P. 5 JOSEPH SAMUEL PIERCE SUNBURY, N.C. – Joseph Samuel Pierce, 72, retired carpenter who had worked at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, died Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. in Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was a son of Joseph Henry and Mrs. Elizabeth Pierce of Gates County and the husband of the late Mrs. Lessie Ward Pierce. He was a member of Holly Grove Odd Fellows Lodge, Gates County American Legion Post and Damascus Christian Church and its Men’s Bible Class. Surviving are a son, Joseph T. Pierce of Suffolk; three daughters, Mrs. Margie Galloway of Franklin; Mrs. Dorothy Winslow of Williamsburg, and Mrs. Jacqueline Parker of Suffolk; and a sister, Mrs. Dixie Jones of Suffolk. Funeral service was conducted Friday at 3 p.m. in Damascus Christian Church by the Rev. Ellis Clark. Burial was in the church cemetery. R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home was in charge. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/gates/obits/p/pierce2162nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb