Hansford County Texas Archives Photo Person.....Pierce, Lynn Diaz September 12, 1996
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Source:             Family
Name:               Lynn Diaz Pierce

Date Of Photograph: September 12, 1996
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Lynn Pierce, 62, originally of Spearman, Texas, died Saturday April 16th , after
a year-long battle with cancer. He was born February 26, 1954. He was a 1972
graduate of Spearman High School and a 1977 graduate of Texas Tech University.
He spent the majority of his life as a businessman. He was preceded in death by
his mother and father, JL Pierce and Juanita Faus Pierce, and his sister Jammie
Dean Pierce. Lynn leaves behind two sisters, Rosa Pierce Roberts and wife Alexis
of Pampa, Karon P. Hardy and husband Ulysses of Chesapeake Va., and one brother,
James Tylan Pierce and wife Valrie of Pampa. He also leaves behind three nieces,
Shameka, Brandy, and Jessie, and two nephews, Derek and Samuel (Austin). Family
requests donations to Pampa Meals on Wheels 302 E Foster Ave, Pampa, TX 79065 in
lieu of flowers.

Additional Comments:
L D Pierce Family Papers
Biography

Lynn Diaz (L D) Pierce III was born in 1954 to J L Pierce and Juanita Faus
Pierce in Hansford County, Texas. He grew up with four siblings, Tylan, Karon,
Jammie, and Rosa. Mr. Pierce graduated from Spearman High in 1972, attended a
foreign exchange program in Salvador Bahia Brazil in 1975, and graduated from
Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in
1977.

While at Texas Tech he was of Chairman of the Public Relations Committee and a
member of Alpha Kappa Psi, professional business fraternity. After graduation,
Mr. Pierce was a sales representative for J & G Waste Systems of Lubbock. He has
also been self-employed, owning SOS Products in Dallas, TX selling security
products to businesses.

Mr. Pierce became interested in genealogy in 1994 after many years of
encouragement from his mother, Juanita. She had conducted her own research on
the Faus family. He has completed genealogy books about the Pierce’s, and he
still researches the Pierce family and many other family lines.

Source:

    Pierce, LD. LD Pierce Biography. Accessed July 2. 2013.
http://www.ldpierce.com/ldpbiog.html.

Provenance

The materials were donated to the library by L D Pierce on September 24, 2008.
Scope and Contents Note

The collection consists of printed materials, correspondence, clippings,
research materials, publications, photographs, ledgers, maps, and family
heirlooms collected by Mr. Pierce and other family members in the course of
conducting genealogical research. The materials date from 1898 - 2006 with the
bulk of materials dating from 1950 - 2002. The collection measures 6.95 linear
feet (16 boxes), and it is arranged into 7 series.

    Series I - Personal and Biographical (1898 - 2004): Contains correspondence,
cards, programs, obituaries, and funeral programs collected by LD Pierce, his
mother, Juanita, and his grandmother, Julia Hibbs McManus.
    Series II - Genealogical Research (1921 - 2006): Consists of materials Mr.
Pierce used in his genealogical research such as family trees, Gen Forum
postings, county histories, biographies, and family histories. This series
contains the subseries, Families. It is arranged by family and contains his
research, writings, and other documents about the family lines he has
researched. The majority of the materials relate to the Faus, Hibbs, and Pierce
lines. Some folders contain information on multiple families so they were placed
with the general genealogy research materials.
    Series III - Correspondence (1996 - 2000): Contains emails, letters, and
forum postings about different families.
    Series IV - Clippings and Newspapers (1923 - 2002): Newspaper articles and
newspapers from the Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo Globe-Times, Spearman
Reporter, The Hansford Plainsman, The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman, The
Temple Daily Telegram, and Northwest Oklahoman & Ellis County News. Mr. Pierce
and his family members saved obituaries, articles about family members and
friends, and other articles of interest.
    Series V - Photographs (1890s - 1980s): Contains family photographs,
negatives, and an album. The album is fragile, and it contains some loose
photographs and clippings.
    Series VI - Ledgers (1908 - 1925): Consists of 2 ledgers. 1 is from the
Order of the Eastern Star and the other is a Tellers Cash ledger that has had
some loose clippings pasted on some of the pages.
    Series VII - Heirlooms : A very small series made up of baby clothes and a
pair of glasses.


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