UNICOI COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Bernice Pierce, 30 Jan 2002
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Bernice Pierce

   Mrs. Bernice Pierce, 79, 124 Witcher Lane, Erwin, died Wednesday, 
January 30, 2002, at Johnson City Medical Center.
   Mrs. Pierce was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the 
late John R. and Flora Oliver Wilson., She was also preceded in death 
by her husband, Earl Pierce, October 2, 2001, and by a brother and three 
sisters.
   Mrs. Pierce had lived in Erwin for a number of years. She was a member 
of Rock Creek Presbyterian Church, Erwin.
   Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Freddie S. and Anna 
Marie Pierce, Delray Beach, Fla.; two daughters and a son-in-law, Linda 
Pierce, of the home, and Frances and Richard Estep, Elizabethton; a sister, 
Mary Alice Brown, Holt, Fla.; three grandchildren, Jeffery L. Estep, Cary, 
N.C., Dawn Bishop and her husband Mark, Lauderhill, Fla., and Dana Stanford 
and her husband Chris, Harleysville, Pa.; several nieces and nephew; 
several sisters and brothers-in-law; and two special friends, Nell Wagner 
and Pansy Shelly.
   Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
   
   PIERCE -- Graveside services for Mrs. Bernice Pierce, 79, 124 Witcher 
Lane, Erwin, who died Wednesday, January 30, 2002, will be conducted at 3 
p.m. Saturday, February 2, in the Caldwell Springs Cemetery with the Rev. 
Charlie Murphy officiating. Interment will follow the service. There will 
be no formal visitation at the funeral home. Friends may register their 
presence at the funeral home Friday or Saturday morning. Friends may also 
call at the residence of a daughter and son-in-law, Frances and Richard Estep, 
106 Nelson Drive, Elizabethton. To those who prefer, memorials may be made 
to the Building Fund, Rock Creek Presbyterian Church, 800 Rock Creek Road, 
Erwin, Tenn. 37650. Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 
2:55 p.m. Saturday. Condolences may be e-mailed to the Pierce Family at 
mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.