Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, 1LT Rubert M., 1955 

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Funeral Sunday For Lt. Robert [sic; Rubert] M. Pierce 

  The body of First Lt. Robert M. Pierce, U.S. Air Force, who was killed in an 
airplane accident Tuesday at Greenville, Miss., will arrive here tomorrow at 
6:55 a.m. and be taken to the I.O. Hill Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 
held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Liberty Spring Christian Church by Dr. Jesse H. 
Dollar and Dr. I.W. Johnson.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.  The body 
will be accompanied home by First Lt. Robert K. Nystrom. 

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Lt. R.M. Pierce Buried Yesterday 

  Last rites for First Lt. Rubert Marion Pierce, USAF, of Nansemond County, 
who was killed Tuesday at the Greenville, Miss., Air Base, were held yesterday 
afternoon at the Liberty Spring Christian Church. 

  The Rev. Dr. Jeese Dollar, pastor, and Chaplain James R. Styles, Langley 
Field Chaplain, officiated and burial wad in the church cemetery with full 
military honors. 

  The casket was covered with an American flag which was replaced with a pall 
of red roses, white snapdragons and carnations.  Pallbearers were S-Sgt. E.D. 
Davis, T-Sgt. C.H. Egbom, S-Sgt. C.H. Marshall, T-Sgt. J.H. Coar, S-Sgt G.G. 
Hoode and T-Sgt. R.D. Lerdahl. 


1LT Rubert Marion PIERCE, USAF, 
b. 22 Dec 1931, Nansemond Co., 
killed in airplane accident 29 Mar 1955, Greenville, MS, 
interred in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, 3 Apr 1955, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 78, Fri., Apr. 1, 1955, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 80, Mon., Apr. 4, 1955, p. 1 

*His parents, Rubert Milteer & Allie Lee (HARRIS MASSEY) PIERCE, 
   are also buried there.  Liberty Spring list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 

Birthplace &c. from B.Cert. 49522 

He m. Betsy Bridger BRITT (1930 - 2010), 26 Nov 1954 in Kinston, Lenoir Co., 
   NC.  She 2m. Robert W. CAUDLE.  They are buried in Oakdale Cemetery, 
   Wilmington, New Hanover Co., NC.  Her obit ("Wilmington Star News") 
   is posted with Find a Grave Mem. #103482619. 

His father's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 1, 1967, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p620r4ob.txt 
   A portion & his D.Cert. 66-036111 are posted with Find a Grave Mem. 
   #227993804. 


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