Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Josephine Blount, 1949 

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JOSEPHINE BLOUNT PIERCE 

MRS. JOSEPHINE BLOUNT PIERCE, 88, BURIED MONDAY 

  Mrs. Josephine Blount Pierce, 88, died at Riverside Hospital in Newport News 
Saturday a.m. after a short illness. A native of Bertie County, North Carolina, 
she has resided in Isle of Wight County for 60 years.

  She was a member of the Smithfield Baptist Church.

  Surviving are her husband William Arthur Pierce of Isle of Wight County; 
three daughters, Mrs. J.H. Wilson of Smithfield; Miss Della Pierce of Newport 
News; Mrs. Harry Hahne of West Virginia; two sons, A. Rubydell Pierce of 
Smithfield; C.W. Pierce of Norfolk; one half-brother, R.L. Cooper of Norfolk, 
Va.; 11 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and 
nephews.

  Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the 
Bullock Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. L.F. Paulette.

  Active pallbearers were E.H. Holland, James Wilson, Cecil Wilson, Ray 
Holleman, Jesse Barlow, John Edwards, John Crocker and James Jones.


Josephine "Josie" (BLOUNT; Mrs. William A.) PIERCE, 
b. 13 Feb 1860, Bertie Co., NC, d. 1 Jan 1949, Newport News, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 3 Jan 1949, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 31, Jan. 5, 1949, p. 1, col. 4 

*Unmarked?  Neither she nor her husband 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 

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. 

It is unclear if her husband 1m. her sister, or if the Lizzie in that union is 
   identical with Josie; see notes appended to the obit ("Smithfield Times," 
   Nov. 23, 1933) of dt S. Ruth (PIERCE; Mrs. T.J.) COX, posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c200r6ob.txt 


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