Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Horace E., 1992 

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Horace Pierce 

  WINDSOR - Horace Pierce, 88, of 22224 Courthouse Hwy., died Dec. 12, 1992, 
in Nansemond Convalescent Center.  He was a native of Isle of Wight County. 

  Pierce had retired as a farmer.  He was a member of Antioch Congregational 
Christian Church, Isle of Wight County.  Pierce was the oldest member of the 
Windsor Ruritan Club. 

  Survivors include his wife, Eunice Byrd Pierce: a daughter, Anne C. White 
of Portsmouth; a sister, Ethel Pierce of Windsor; a granddaughter, Jennifer 
Wagner of Burlington, Vt.; four grandsons, Ronald Williams of Virginia Beach, 
Chris Williams and Gerald Williams, both of Portsmouth, and Rick Williams of 
Sommers, N.Y.; and seven great-grandchildren. 

  The funeral will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. by the Revs. Victor Hunter 
and Donald Woodby in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home.  Burial will be in 
Antioch Congregational Christian Church Cemetery. 

  The family will receive visitors Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m. in the funeral 
home. 


Horace Edwin PIERCE, of Windsor, retired farmer, 
b. 11 May 1904, Isle of Wight Co., d. 12 Dec 1992, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 14 Dec 1992, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Sun., Dec. 14, 1992, p. 2 

An obituary also appeared in the "Virginian-Pilot," Dec. 13, 1992, B-2. 

*Additional information: 

Buried with his first wife, Lois W. (SAUNDERS) PIERCE (1907 - 1946). 
   Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104784318. 

His parents, "Jerry" Jeremiah Edwin & Ballie N. (BRIDGER) PIERCE, & in-laws 
   are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 92-018557 

Lois' obit ("Smithfield Times," Sep. 4, 1946, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p620l1ob.txt 

Eunice (1907 - 1999) is buried with her first husband, Rufus Oleander CHESSON, 
   Jr. (1926 - 1947), in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth. 
   Portsmouth Public Library, Olive Branch Cemetery list: 
   https://www.portsmouthpubliclibrary.org/181/Olive-Branch-Cemetery 


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