Sussex-Surry-Henrico County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Myra B. Johnson, 2012 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MYRA BELL JOHNSON HUBER PIERCE MRS. M.J.H. PIERCE WAVERLY - Mrs. Myra Johnson Huber Pierce, 84, died Thursday in John Randolph Nursing Home, Hopewell. Born in Surry County, she was owner and operator of Pierce’s Grocery near Richmond’s Byrd Airport from 1953 to 1959 and was a member of Waverly United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Mary H. Lane of Richmond; three sons, Lawrence D. Huber of Wakefield, Nelson M. Huber, Jr. of Disputanta, and Edwin W. Huber of Richmond; four sisters, Mrs. Bertha J. Bartlett and Mrs. Pauline J. Cofer, both of Newport News, Mrs. Edna J. Watts of Michigan, and Mrs. Katherine J. Fox of Seaford; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield by the Rev. George Stewart. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Richmond National Cemetery, Richmond. The family will receive friends in the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 tonight and request that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Waverly Rescue Squad. Myra Bell (JOHNSON HUBER; Mrs. Carl G.) PIERCE, owner/operator of Pierce’s Grocery, b. 18 Nov 1897, Surry Co., d. 5 Aug 1981, Hopewell, interred in Richmond National Cemetery*, 9 Aug 1981, donated obit *Buried with her second husband (1893-1958). (Find a Grave Mem. #3068665 &c.) Her parents, Sidney Thomas & Mary Etta (COTTON) JOHNSON, & step-mother are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Surry. (Find a Grave Mem. #86733783 &c.) She 1m. Nelson M. HUBER 29 Jun 1917, in Surry Co. They div. in 1938. Nelson is buried with his second wife in Salem Methodist Church Cemetery, Burrowsville, Prince George Co. (Find a Grave Mem. #32601766 &c.) Son Nelson Jr. is buried in Waverly Cemetery. (Find a Grave Mem. #87518639) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/p620m6ob.txt