Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Felton W., 1961 

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F. W. Pierce Rites Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for Felton Worth Pierce were conducted today at the Hill 
Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church. 
Burial was in the church cemetery. 

  Mr. Pierce, 74, retired farmer, died Sunday at 9 a.m. in his home, 521 
Turlington Road, after a long illness. 

  A native of Nansemond County, he was a son of W.J. and Mary Cooper Pierce, 
and a member of Bethlehem Christian Church and its Men's Bible Class. 

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Margaret Hayes Pierce; a daughter, Mrs. 
R.L. Templeton of Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. Effie Mae Harris and Mrs. Lodie 
Benton of Suffolk and Mrs. Carran Lee Holland of Newport News; two brothers, 
Frank Pierce of Jacksonville, N.C., and Carney C. Pierce of Suffolk; and two 
grandchildren, Bobby Lee Templeton and Carolyn Marie Templeton. 


Felton Worth PIERCE, retired farmer, 
b. 9 Oct 1892, Nansemond Co., d. 2 Apr 1961, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, 3 Apr 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 79, Mon., Apr. 3, 1961, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

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

His parents are also buried there. 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 5150 (Suffolk #44) 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 3, 1961, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/p620m11o.txt 


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