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Submitted: 2/13/11 • Approved: 12/4/21 • Last Updated: 3/20/23 • R465016-G465016-S3
Willard 16 Feb 1906 - 01 Mar 1976
Edna 22 Mar 1909 - 06 Feb 1983
Marriage: 15 Dec 1925 Flagler, Kit Carson, Colorado*
Willard W Mason Pierce son of Ernest Washburn Pierce and Mary Elizabeth (Harget) Pierce. Edna Mae (Brewster) Pierce daughter of James Perry Brewster and Lillie Mae Ferguson Brewster.
**obituary
Willard W Pierce, 70, of Walnut Ridge, Ark, formerly of Southgate, died March1 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center, Arkansas. He was a retired security guard for B.A.S.F. in Wyandotte. Services were March 4 at Bryan Chapel in Walnut Ridge, Ark., folllowed by burial in Strangers Home Cemetery, Arkansas.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Edna Brewster Pierce; four sons, Ernest of Florida; James of Florida; Robert of Wyandotte, and Arnold of Walnut Ridge, Ark., four daughters, Irene Barr of Florida, Bettie Mae Brinkley of Cold Water, Mich., Mary Peters of Trenton, and Gloria Novak of Walnut Ridge; a brother, Earl Pierce, Colo., 24 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Source Pierce, Willard W WNH (transcriber-unsure what that stands for) 4/21/76
Also,
Walnut Ridge-Willard W Pierce, 70, of Walnut Ridge, a retired security guard, Monday. Funeral today at Bryan Funeral Home.
Source: Arkansas_Democrat_1976-03-04_16
And,
Gazette State Bews Service
Walnut Ridge-Willard W Pierce, aged 70, of Walnut Ridge died Monday. He was retired security guard.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edna Bruwster Pierce; four sons, Ernest and James Pierce both of Florida; Robert Pierce of Michigan and Arnold Pierce of Walnut Ridge; four daughters, Mrs. Irene Barr of Florida, Mrs. Betty Mae Binkley and Mrs. Mary Peters both of Michigan, and Mrs. Gloria Novak of Walnut Ridge; a brother, Earl Pierce of Colorado, 25 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Bryan Chapel here. Burial in Strangers Home Cemetery.
Source: Arkansas_Gazette_1976-03-04_28
*Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006
Name: Willard W Pierce
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 15 Dec 1925
Event Place: Flagler, Kit Carson, Colorado, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1904
Spouse's Name: Edna Mae Brewster
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1908
**United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011
Deceased
Name: Willard W Pierce
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 04 Mar 1976
Event Place: Little Rock, Arkansas
Event Place (Original): Little Rock, Arkansas
Residence Place: Walnut Ridge
Residence Date: 01 Mar 1976
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Occupation: Security Guard
Death Date: 01 Mar 1976
Affiliate Image Identifier: 15BC1F5F1649BA17
Revised entry (Dec 2020) due to new information.
Note by this researcher: a family member has stated (Dec 2021) that he died in Jonesboro (as stated in one of the versions of his obituary).
We do not edit obituaries they are as written by whatever agency at that time. These were all done in 1976 transcribed as written. We will however add notes to explain any descrepancies once we are told. dgb
Contributed on 2/13/11 by nlhall
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