Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Wilbur L. Sr., 1968 

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WILBUR L. PIERCE SR. 

  WINDSOR - Wilbur Leroy Pierce Sr., 77, a mail carrier in the Windsor area 
for 39 years before his retirement, died at 1:45 a.m. today (Friday) in his 
home, RFD 2, Windsor. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the husband of Mrs. Eula Mae Butler 
Pierce and a son of the late Jerry E. and Mrs. Anna Richards Pierce of Isle of 
Wight County. 

  He was a member of Antioch Christian Church, was a deacon of the church and 
assistant Sunday School teacher of the Men's Bible Class of the church. 

  Surviving, besides his wife, are one daughter, Mrs. Kathleen P. Jones of 
Smithfield; two sons, William Leroy (Buddy) Pierce Jr. of Suffolk, and William 
B. Pierce of Richmond; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Mae Holland and Mrs. Ethel 
Mae Pierce, both of Windsor, and Mrs. Effie E. Nelms of Suffolk; one brother, 
Horace E. Pierce of Windsor; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. 

  A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the I.O. Hill & Company 
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Richard Squires and Dr. R.E. Brittle. 
Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 


Wilbur Leroy PIERCE, Sr., retired mail carrier, 
b. 27 Mar 1891, Isle of Wight Co., d. 27 Sep 1968, at home, near Windsor, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 29 Sep 1968, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 234, Fri., Sep. 27, 1968, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #179141389. 

D.Cert. 68-012902 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 3, 1975, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/p620e3ob.txt 

His parents & step-mother are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, 
   near Windsor. 
   Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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