Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Preston R., 1945 

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FIND COUNTY MAN DEAD FROM SHOTS 

Preston Pierce Takes Own Life 

  SUFFOLK, March 12 - Preston R. Pierce, 68 years of age, of Harrell Siding, 
Cherry Grove, was found dead at his home about 11 o’clock yesterday. 

  Dr. Challis H. Dawson, county coroner, who viewed the body, said Pierce had 
a gunshot wounds in the right eye in the head.  Nansemond County authorities, 
who were called to investigate, confirmed that the fatal wounds were self-
inflicted. 

  Pierce is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rosa Pierce; two stepchildren, Mrs. 
J.A. King and Wallace Baines, both of Nansemond County; two sisters, Mrs. 
Julius Baines, of Portsmouth; Mrs. J.B. Voight, of Norfolk and one brother, 
Claude W. Pierce, of Suffolk. 

  Funeral services will be conducted at I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home at 
3 p.m. tomorrow by the Reverend R.E. Brittle.  The place of burial will be 
announced later.


Preston Riddick PIERCE, farmer, 
b. 10 Feb 1877, Sunbury, Gates Co., NC, 
suicide 11 Mar 1945, at home, Cherry Grove, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 116*), Suffolk, 13 Mar 1945, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 200, Mon., Mar. 12, 1945, p. 8, col. 4  

*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. 6603 (Whaleyville #88). 

His first wife, Nancy Jane (JONES BRINKLEY) PIERCE {1871-1939}, is buried 
   in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth. 
   Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries, Olive Branch list: 
   https://www.portsmouthpubliclibrary.org/DocumentCenter/View/158/P---R-PDF 

His second wife, Rosa Etta (JONES BAINES) PIERCE {1890 - 1962}, is buried with 
   her first husband in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Cypress Chapel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 


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