Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Lester E. Pierce
   
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   Lester  E.  Pierce  was  born  December  31, 1908 in Loveland, Tillman
   County,  Oklahoma  to  Lucinda  Isabella and John E. Pierce and passed
   away  November 21, 1997 in the Great Plains Regional Medical Center at
   the age of 88 years, 10 months and 20 days.
   Lester moved with his parents by covered wagon to the Walters, OK area
   and  later  they  moved  to Kelton, TX in the 1920's. He married Flora
   Stephenson  on August 15, 1931 in Sayre, OK. They lived in Wheeler and
   Allsion,  TX  and  Durham,  OK before moving west of Cheyenne in 1941.
   Lester  married  Cleo  Green  on  July  7, 1956 in Cheyenne where they
   remained  to make their home. Lester loved life and enjoyed fishing as
   well as attending his grandchildren's activities.
   He wa a memeber of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, 1 sister and 2 brothers.
   He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Cleo, of the home; 1 daughter, Janet
   Blaylock  of  arnett,  OK;  4  sons, Wayne Pierce of Shamrock, TX, Tom
   Green  and Dale Pierce, both of Cheyenne, OK; Wesley Pierce of Berlin,
   OK;  2 sisters, Mae Coombs of Erick, OK and Lorene Rector of Mobeetie,
   TX;  3 brothers, Luther Pierce of Reydon, OK, Carl Pierce of Cheyenne,
   OK  and  Connie  Pierce  of  Sayre,  OK;  14  grandchildren,  11 great
   grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
   Interment  in  the  Cheyenne  Cemetery,  Cheyenne, Roger Mills County,
   Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service.