Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Delia F. Price, 1948 

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DELIA F. PRICE PIERCE 

MRS. DELIA F. PIERCE BURIED FRIDAY IN SUFFOLK CEMET'RY 

  Mrs. Delia Florence Pierce, 88, died December 29th at the home of her 
granddaughter, Mrs. R.M. Yates at Magnolia after a long illness.

  She is survived by six grandchildren: Mrs. R.M. Yates of Magnolia; Mrs. 
O.L. Weiss of Portsmouth; John Wilton Mims of Norfolk; William M. Mims of 
Montpelier, Vt.; Mrs. Lucille Anderton of Gloucester, and Mrs. Paul Bloxom of 
Battery Park; eleven great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren 
and several nieces and nephews also survive.

  Funeral services were conducted Friday at 2:30 p.m. at R.W. Baker Funeral 
Home in Suffolk with the Rev. John Blakemore, pastor of Main Street Methodist 
Church, officiating.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Delia Florence (PRICE; Mrs. William A.) PIERCE [PEARCE*], 
b. 11 Dec 1860, Camden Co., NC, 
d. 29 Dec 1948, at granddaughter's home, Magnolia, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (unmarked?**), Suffolk, 31 Dec 1948, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 31, Jan. 5, 1949, p. 1, col. 4 

**Her parents are buried in the same lot. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

*Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 28106 (Sleepy Hole #396), which gives 
   d/o William Pierce & Katie Branham; w/o James Monroe Pierce. 

Delia Price m. J.M. Pearce 5 Mar 1879, in Johnston Co., NC.  The 1870 Census 
   (Pleasant Grove, Johnston Co., NC) gives Monroe Pearce, age 19. The 1880 
   Census (Clayton Twp., Johnston Co., NC) gives Monroe Pearce, age 27.  

The 1900 Census (Raleigh, Wake Co., NC) gives Delia Pierce, widowed, 
   with 2 of 3 children surviving.  


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