Suffolk City-Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Eula M. Butler, 1975 

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Mrs. Eula B. Pierce 

  WINDSOR - Mrs. Eula Mae Butler Pierce, 80, of RFD 2 and the widow of Wilbur 
Leroy Pierce, died Sunday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, she was a member of Antioch Christian 
Church and the ladies' Bible Class of the church.  She was a daughter of the 
late W. Welton [sic; William Washington*] Butler Sr., and Mrs. Ella Mae Carr 
Butler. 

  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. I. Warren Jones Jr., of Smithfield; 
two sons, Wilbur L. (Buddy) Pierce Jr., of Suffolk, and William Bernard Pierce 
of Richmond; one sister, Mrs. T.A. Wills of Windsor; one brother, William 
Welton Butler Jr., of Newport News; seven grandchildren; and three great 
grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral 
Home conducted by the Rev. Larry McCall.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn 
Cemetery.  The family will be at her home, RFD 2, Windsor. 


Eula Mae (BUTLER; Mrs. Wilbur L. Sr.) PIERCE, 
b. 10 May 1894, Isle of Wight Co., d. 2 Feb 1975, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 4 Feb 1975, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 53, No. 29, Mon., Feb. 3, 1975, 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 her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #179141452. 

Her parents are marked there, although they were buried in Antioch Christian 
   Church Cemetery, near Windsor.  [not on IWCHS GSSTF report #20] 
   Antioch list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

D.Cert. 75-004565 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 27, 1968, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p620w4ob.txt 

Her father's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 29 & July 2, 1945, 
   & "Smithfield Times," July 4, 1945) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b346w4ob.txt 

Her mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Apr. 1960) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b346e4ob.txt 

Her paternal grandfather John BUTLER was a Confederate veteran, having served 
   as a musician. 

Her maternal grandfather Solomon CARR was a also Confederate veteran, 
   having served as a private in Co. D, 16th VA Infantry.  [There's another 
   Solomon CARR buried at Antioch - he served as a private in Co. F, 61st VA 
   Infantry.] 


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