Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Lois Saunders, 1946 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. Lois S. Pierce, 39, Buried Thurs. Mrs. Lois Saunders Pierce, 39, wife of Horace E. Pierce of Windsor, died August 27th in a Norfolk hospital after an illness of a few months. She was the daughter of the late William K. and Mrs. Annie Snipes Saunders of Isle of Wight County. She was a member of Antioch Christian Church and had served as soloist in the church choir for several years. Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Jo Anne Pierce; her stepmother, Mrs. Dana B. Saunders of Windsor; one sister, Mrs. Edith Cobb of Baltimore; an aunt, Mrs. C.M. Clements; and three uncles, Z.A. Snipes of Atlanta; P.D. Snipes of Raleigh; and E.L. Snipes of Greenville, S.C. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 3 PM at Antioch Christian Church by the Rev. T. Fred Wright. Burial was in the church cemetery. Lois W. (SAUNDERS; Mrs. Horace Edwin) PIERCE, b. 18 Feb 1907, Isle of Wight Co., d. 27 Aug 1946, Norfolk, interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 29 Aug 1946, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 28, No. 15, Wed., Sep. 4, 1946, p. 1 *Additional information: 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 her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #4784386. Her parents, William Kosko & Anna Mae (SNIPES) are also buried there. D.Cert. 16774 (Norfolk #1488) Her husband 2m. in 1950, but is buried with Lois. His obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Dec. 14, 1992, p. 2) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p620h3ob.txt Her father's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 17, 1945, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s536w3ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p620l1ob.txt