Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Rubert M., 1966 

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RUBERT MILTEER PIERCE 

  Funeral services for Rubert (Bert) Milteer Pierce of Nansemond County who 
died Saturday morning at Obici Hospital, will be 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Liberty 
Spring Christian Church. 

  He was retired from US Department of Agriculture, a member of Liberty Spring 
Christian Church, Men's Bible Class, Liberty Spring Ruritan Club, and a member 
of the VASCO. 

  He was the son of James Thomas and Mrs. Folly [sic; James L. and Sally] 
Copeland Pierce of Nansemood County and the husband of Mrs. Allie Massey 
Pierce. 

  Besides his widow, surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Martha Stutz and Miss 
Rebecca Lee Pierce, both of Nansemond County; two sons, James Franklin Pierce 
of Nansemond County and Paul Vernon Massey of Suffolk, and six grandchildren. 

  The Rev. R.A. [sic; R.E.] Brittle and the Rev. H. Raymond Phelps will 
conduct the 3 p.m. service Tuesday. 

  The body will leave I.O. Hill's Funeral Home at 2 p.m. 


"Bert" Rubert Milteer PIERCE, retired USDA office manager, 
b. 7 Jul 1893, Nansemond Co., d. 31 Dec 1966, Suffolk, 
interred in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, 3 Jan 1967, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 45, No. 1, Sun., Jan. 1, 1967, p. 12 

*His parents, James L. & "Sally" Sarah Jane (COPELAND) 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 D.Cert. 66-036111, which also gives his father as 
   James Thomas - Rubert's brother's name. 

His D.Cert. & a portion of this obit were posted with Find a Grave Mem. 
   #227993804, by Martha Fontaine Byrum. 

He 1m. Christine Columbia COPELAND (1900 - 1996), 31 Mar 1924 in Suffolk. 
   Divorced, she 2m. Claude Emmett DUKE.  Christine & Claude are buried in 
   Somerton Friends Meeting Cemetery. 
   Somerton Friends list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/somefr.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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