Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Piersa, Chester J. Jr., 1964 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Piersa Dies Friday Night FRANKLIN - Chester Joseph Piersa Jr., 21, died Friday night in Norfolk suddenly from a heart attack. He was the son of Chester Joseph and Annie Groski Piersa Sr. of Franklin and a member of St. Jude’s Catholic Church. Surviving him besides his parents are three brothers, Stanley A., Larry H. and William A. Piersa of Franklin; and one sister, Mrs. Freddie G. Jackson of Woodville, Miss. Funeral services will be held at St. Jude's Catholic Church Tuesday at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Southampton Memorial Park. Chester Joseph PIERSA, Jr., b. 30 Jan 1943, Franklin, d. 28 Aug 1964, Norfolk, interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus I, Plot 6*), Courtland, 2 Sep 1964, "Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 42, No. 208, Aug. 30 1964, p. 2, col. 6 *His parents are also buried there. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial Park list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 11, 1971, II-11) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p620c2ob.txt Birthplace &c. from D.Cert. 21643 (Norfolk #1861) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p620c5ob.txt