Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Margaret Hayes, 1961 

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Mrs. Pierce Rites Held at Bethlehem 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Hayes Pierce, who died Friday, were 
conducted Sunday afternoon at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, 
pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church.  Burial was in Bethlehem Church 
Cemetery. 

  Mr. Brittle read Tennyson's poem "Crossing the Bar."  Mrs. Philip Johnson 
sang two hymns, "Have Thine Own Way Lord" and "The Old Rugged Cross," 
accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Claudia Jacobs. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of pink and white carnations. 

  Pallbearers were C.F. Savage, Harvey T. Speight, James P. Harris, J. Burgess 
Stephenson, E.T. Ellis, Warren D. Austin, Edward T. Johnson and Joseph Martin. 


"Maggie" Margaret A. (HAYES; Mrs. Felton Worth) PIERCE, of Norfolk, 
b. 9 Oct 1892, NC, d. 31 Mar 1961, Norfolk, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, 2 Apr 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 79, Mon., Apr. 3, 1961, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

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

Find a Grave Memorial #104567765 [no grave photo] 

D.Cert. 6333 (Norfolk #651) 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 14, 1961, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/p620f3ob.txt 

Her mother, Annie Dennie (BLANCHARD; Mrs. William John) HAYES (1866 - 1949), 
   is buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth. 
   Portsmouth Public Library, Olive Branch list: 
   https://www.portsmouthpubliclibrary.org/DocumentCenter/View/155/F---H-PDF 


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