Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Masek, Grace V. Pierce, 1943 

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Masek Funeral Held Saturday 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Baker Masek were conducted by the Reverend 
R.E. Brittle, B.S. Dempsey of the Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in 
Portsmouth, and Dr. J.G. Truitt of the Suffolk Christian Church, at 2:30 
Saturday afternoon at the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Mary Johnson, who was accompanied by Mrs. I.W. Johnson on the organ, 
played and sang, "No Disappointment in Heaven," and "God Will Take Care of 
You."  The Reverend Brittle read "Crossing the Bar." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of pink roses, lilies, pink carnations, 
and baby's breath.  The following were pallbearers: R.S. Oliver, R.S. Pierce, 
F.E. Benson, P.T. Wright. J.M Byrd, and Vernie Byrd.  Honorary pallbearers 
were friends. 

  Burial services were held in the Bethlehem Church cemetery. 


Grace Virginia (PIERCE; Mrs. Emil) MASEK, 
b. 3 Nov 1907, VA, d. 1 Jun 1943, FL, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, 14 Jan 1943, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 21, No. 64, Mon., June 7, 1943, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Bethlehem list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt 

Her parents, John Thomas & Ida Mae (KING) PIERCE, are also buried there. 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Libby0716 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #181674733. 

Her husband (1905 - 1964) was a Navy veteran of WW-II.  He is buried in 
   Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA. 


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