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Pvt Oscar Edward Pearce

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Pvt Oscar Edward Pearce

Birth
South Mills, Camden County, North Carolina, USA
Death
7 Jan 1954 (aged 60)
Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Rhododendron Lot 64 Sp 2
Memorial ID
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Date of death on tombstone Jan 7
Date of death on military grave marker is Jan 10
Per obit date of death was Jan 7 and per cemetery records Jan 10 was date of burial.
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Oscar Edward Pearce,60, a boatbuilder with the United States Coast Guard, died yesterday at 6:30 a.m. in a Norfolk hospital after an illness of three months. He resided at 810 Freeman Avenue, South Norfolk.
A native of South Mills, N.C. he had lived here 30 years. His parents were Frank Brothers Pearce and Mrs. Betty Old Pearce. He was a member of Portlock Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lillia Leicester Pearce; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Pearce Sawyer, of Charlotte, N.C. and three brothers, Frank Pearce, of South Mills, James E. Pearce, of New York, and Herbert P. Pearce, of Portsmouth.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park.

The Norfolk Virginian Pilot Friday January 8, 1954

Date of death on tombstone Jan 7
Date of death on military grave marker is Jan 10
Per obit date of death was Jan 7 and per cemetery records Jan 10 was date of burial.
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Oscar Edward Pearce,60, a boatbuilder with the United States Coast Guard, died yesterday at 6:30 a.m. in a Norfolk hospital after an illness of three months. He resided at 810 Freeman Avenue, South Norfolk.
A native of South Mills, N.C. he had lived here 30 years. His parents were Frank Brothers Pearce and Mrs. Betty Old Pearce. He was a member of Portlock Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lillia Leicester Pearce; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Pearce Sawyer, of Charlotte, N.C. and three brothers, Frank Pearce, of South Mills, James E. Pearce, of New York, and Herbert P. Pearce, of Portsmouth.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park.

The Norfolk Virginian Pilot Friday January 8, 1954



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  • Created by: Dottie
  • Added: Nov 27, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62209703/oscar_edward-pearce: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Oscar Edward Pearce (14 May 1893–7 Jan 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62209703, citing Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Dottie (contributor 47226067).