UNICOI COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - William E. Pierce, 2 Oct 2001
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William E. Pierce 

   William Earl Pierce, 80, 124 Witcher Lane, Rock Creek Community, Erwin, 
died Tuesday, October 2, 2001, at the Center for Aging and Health.
   Mr. Pierce was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Joseph and 
Creola Oliver Pierce. He was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, 
five brothers and a sister.
   Prior to his retirement, Mr. Pierce had been employed by Jones Electric 
for several years. He was a member of Rock Creek Ruritan and a member of 
Rock Creek Presbyterian Church, where he served as Deacon and Elder and was 
a Sunday School Teacher.
   Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Bernice Wilson Pierce; a son and 
daughter-in-law, Fred and Ann Marie Pierce, Del Ray, Fla.; two daughters and 
a son-in-law, Linda Pierce, Erwin, and Frances and Richard Estepp, 
Elizabethton; two brothers, Lawrence Pierce and Aaron Pierce, both of 
Elizabethton; three sisters, Ivory Pierce and Cynthia Ensor, both of 
Elizabethton, and Gretchen Miller, Gray; and grandchildren, Jeffery Estep, 
Carey, N.C., Dawn and Mark Bishop, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Dana and 
Chris Stanford, Harleysville, Pa. Several nieces, nephews, great-nieces 
and great-nephews also survive.
   Valley Funeral Home, 1085 N. Main Avenue, Erwin, (743) 9187, is in 
charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Valley
   
   PIERCE -- Graveside services for William Earl Pierce, 80, 124 Witcher 
Lane, Rock Creek Community, Erwin, who died Tuesday, October 2, 2001, will 
be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, October 4, at Caldwell Springs Church 
Cemetery, Stoney Creek Community, Elizabethton, with the Rev. Charlie 
Murphy officiating. Vocal selections will be provided by Matt Dugger. 
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Men's Sunday School Class 
of Rock Creek Presbyterian Church. Those attending the graveside 
service will meet at Caldwell Springs Church Cemetery at 10:50 a.m. 
Friday. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations 
be made to the Rock Creek Presbyterian Church Youth Ministry c/o Rock 
Creek Presbyterian Church, 800 Rock Creek Road, Erwin, Tenn. 37650. 
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family via Valley@Funeral-Plans.com. 
These arrangements are made especially for the family and friends of 
William Earl Pierce through Valley Funeral Home, 1085 N. Main Avenue, 
Erwin. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Valley