Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, L. Ruth Bradshaw, 1959 

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Mrs. G. E. [sic; C. G.] Pierce Is Dead at 73 

  WINDSOR - Mrs. Ruth Bradshaw Pierce, 73, died at her home in Windsor 
Saturday after a short illness. 

  She was the wife of the late G.E. Pierce and the daughter of the late John 
Thomas and Victoria Bradshaw. 

  She is a native of Southampton County and has lived in Windsor for the past 
20 years.  She was a member of the Windsor Christian Church. 

  Surviving are five sons, J.B. and Julius E. Pierce of Lawrenceville, Eugene 
and Andrew J. Pierce of Windsor, and Randolph M. Pierce of Courtland; three 
daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Godwin of Apex, N.C.; Mrs. Alice Uzzell of Windsor, 
and Mrs. Mildred Petro of Hyattsville, Md.; two sisters, Mrs. Charlie Drewry 
of Courtland, and Mrs. George Eley of Petersburg. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Bullock Funeral 
Home, Smithfield, by the Rev. W.A. Grissom and the Rev. Robert Bailey.  Burial 
will be in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. 

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Final Rites Held For Mrs. Pierce 

  SMITHFIELD - A funeral service for Mrs. Ruth Bradshaw Pierce, who died 
Saturday, was held Monday at 2 p.m. in Bullock Funeral Home by the Rev. W.A. 
Grissom and the Rev. Bailey.  Burial was in Antioch Cemetery.  Pallbearers 
were Hersey Pierce, Robert Pierce, Michael Petro, Robert Graves, George Graves 
and Rowlett Graves. 


Leah Ruth (BRADSHAW; Mrs. Carey Gay) PIERCE, 
b. 10 Sep 1886, Isle of Wight Co., d. 19 Dec 1959, at home, Windsor, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 21 Dec 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 199, Sun., Dec. 20, 1959, p. 11; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 201, Tues., Dec. 22, 1959, p. 3 

An obituary also appeared in the "Richmond Times-Dispatch," Dec. 20, 1959. 

*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 #104876076. 

D.Cert. 31827 (Windsor #21) 

Her parents are buried in Mt. Carmel Christian Church Cemetery, Walters. 
   Mt. Carmel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 
   {IWCHS GSSTF #61} 

The obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 24 & 26, 1959, p. 3, and 
   "Smithfield Times," July 2, 1959, p. 1) of her husband Carey Gay PIERCE 
   (1882 - 1959) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p620c6ob.txt 


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