Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, William J., 1938 

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W. J. PIERCE DIES TODAY, AGED 86 

Widely-Known Nansemond County Resident Succumbs to Illness At 3:30 A. M. 

  W.J. Pierce, aged 86 years, long prominent resident of Nansemond county, 
died at 3:30 a.m. today following an illness of two weeks.  Death occurred 
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B.T. Benton. 

  Surviving Mr. Pierce are four daughters, Mrs. J.E. Harris, Mrs. Dudley 
Austin, and Mrs. B.T. Benton, all of Nansemond county, and Mrs. C.E. Boulds 
of Newport News; five sons, C.L. Pierce and C.C. Pierce, both of Suffolk; 
W.P. Pierce of Jacksonville, N.C.; T.R. Pierce, of Franklin; and T.W. Pierce, 
of Whaleyville; 15 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren; one sister, 
Mrs. J.L. Whitley, of Norfolk; a brother, J.T. Pierce, of Myrtle; and several 
nieces and nephews. 

  The body was moved to the I.O. Hill & Company funeral home, where it will 
remain until Friday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock, at which time it will be taken 
to Bethlehem Christian church for funeral services at 2:30 o'clock.  The Rev. 
R.E. Brittle and the Rev. Dr. John G. Truitt will conduct the rites.  Burial 
will be in the church cemetery. 


William John PIERCE, retired farmer, 
b. 6 May 1852, Nansemond Co., d. 6 Jan 1938*, at daughter's home, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery (Lot 45*), 7 Jan 1938, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 245, Thurs., Jan. 6, 1938, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Libby0716 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #232441831, which gives d. 7 Jan.  

D.Cert. 1965 (Holy Neck #7) spells his surname PEARCE. 


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