Isle of Wight-Gloucester County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cox, S. Ruth Pierce, 1933 

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S. RUTH PIERCE COX 

  Suffolk, Nov. 20 - Funeral services for Mrs. .J. [sic] Cox, of Isle of Wight 
wife of T.J. Cox, who died at her home at Glenn's, were conducted at the 
grave in Ivy Hill Cemetery Sunday afternoon by the Rev. F.B. Oglesby, 
pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, Smithfield.

  Mrs. Cox is survived by her husband, one son, Frank Powell, an adopted 
son, Lloyd J. Cox, of Gloucester; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Pierce 
of Smithfield; three sisters, Mrs. J.H. Wilson and Miss Della Ann Pierce 
of Smithfield and Mrs. L.C. Pierce of Newport News, two brothers, A.R. 
Pierce of Smthfield [sic] and C.W. Pierce of Newport News.

  Active pallbearers were Lloyd Cox, Thurman Turner, J.J. Wilson, Jr., 
and Cecil C. Wilson and R.L. Winslow, L.C. Pierce.

  Friends of the family were honorary pallbearers.


Susan Ruth (PIERCE; Mrs. T.J.) COX, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, 
d. 18 Nov 1933, at home, Glenn's, Gloucester Co., age circa 55, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 19 Nov 1933, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 13, No. 33, Nov. 23, 1933, p. 1, col. 4 

*Unmarked?  She does not appear on the Isle of Wight County Historical Society 
   {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} list, #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

She appears in the 1930 Census, sharing a rented house on Institute St., 
   Smithfield, with her parents (e.d. #4, dwl 170); Ruth is listed as married, 
   but as the head of household, and her husband is not enumerated with the 
   family. 

This seems to be her father - 

William A. Pierce, 19, single, b. Isle of Wight Co., sn/o Wm. & Polly 
"Lizzie" Blount, 23, single, b. Martin Co., NC, dt/o Calvin & Susan 
m. 13 Dec 1883, Isle of Wight Co. 
(Ancestry.com "Virginia Marriages") 

Ruth's D.Cert. gives her mother as Elizabeth Blount. 

The family appears in the 1900 Census in Newport Dist. (#15), IoW.Co., 
   with the matriarch given as Josie A., b. Feb 1860, Va; the decedent 
   appears as Ruth R., b. Mar 1888. 

Find a Grave gives Josephine (Blount) Pierce 
   {13 Feb 1860 NC - 1 Jan 1949, Newport News}, 
   dt/o Calvin F. & Susan M. (Holloway) Blount [Mem. #182086056], and 
   William Arthur Pierce {6 Dec 1863, IoW.Co. - 7 Jan 1949, Louisa Co}, 
   sn/o William & Mary (Tomplin) Pierce [Mem. #182086225] - 
   both bu. Ivy Hill Cemetery; however, they are not on the GSSTF list. 

It is not clear if "Josie" is identical with "Lizzie" - sister?? 

Josie's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 5, 1949) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p620j1ob.txt 


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