Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gillette, Myrtie T. Pierce, 1956 

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MYRTIE THERESA PIERCE GILLETTE 

   Mrs. Myrtie Theresa Pierce Gillette, 65, well-known resident of the Capron 
community, died early Sunday morning, March 4, at Raiford Memorial Hospital 
after an illness of many months.

   Mrs. Gillette was the widow of William Percy Gillette, Jr., of Capron, who 
preceded her in death about six months ago.  She was the daughter of the late 
Alfred King and Mrs. Sadie Cooper Pierce of Nansemond County.  She had made 
her home in Capron since early childhood and was an active member of the 
Capron Methodist Church and its Woman’s Society of Christian Service.

   Surviving her are three sons, William Benjamin Gillette and Alfred Percy 
Gillette of Capron and Cooper Pope Gillette of Franklin; six grandchildren; 
two sisters, Mrs. Avery David Fary of West Point and Mrs. Shelly Lynn Doles of 
Ivor; four brothers, Horace Pierce and Roscoe Pierce of Suffolk, Vernon Pierce 
of Emporia and McCoy Pierce of Capron, and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the Capron Methodist 
Church by Rev. David Willis, Rev. J.G. Cassell and Rev. R.H. Marks.  Interment 
was in Capron cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Robert Edward Gillette, Lynn Doyle, Ralph Pierce, 
Horace Pierce, Jr., John Burton Gillette, James T. Gillette, Jr., William 
Lloyd Cooper and Turnbull Gillette.


"Myrtie" Myrtle Theresa (PIERCE; Mrs. William P. Jr.) GILLETTE, of Capron, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 4 Mar 1956, Franklin, age 65, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 5 Mar 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 8, 1956, Sect. II, p. 6 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-16): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," June 23, 1955, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g430w1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Suffolk 
   (formerly Nansemond Co.) 


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