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DATE: Sunday, January 8, 1995                TAG: 9501080026
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

SALLIE S. PEARCE

Sallie Swindell Pearce, 81, of the 5100 block of Portsmouth Blvd., died Jan. 7, 1995, in her residence.

Mrs. Pearce was born in Bath, N.C. She was a member of Cottage Place United Methodist Church and The Nancy Bristow Circle of the church and was the widow of Joseph A. Pearce.

Survivors include a daughter, Sally P. Britton of Chesapeake; two sons, Robert S. Pearce of Portsmouth and James M. Pearce of Chesterville, Mo.; two sisters, Jackabyna Adams and Julia Tucker, both of Townsville, N.C.; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, by the Rev. James D. Thomas. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday and other times at 2730 East Meadow Drive, Chesapeake.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB