THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, September 21, 1995 TAG: 9509210327
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
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Harry Wesley Pierce, 59, died unexpectedly in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1995.
Mr. Pierce was a native of Chester County, Pa., and was a Peninsula resident for the past 26 years. Mr. Pierce was a member of St. Jerome's Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, NASA Langley Bass Masters Association, Richmond Export-Import Club, The Hampton Roads Traffic Club, and was active in the United Way. He was employed as a sales and marketing manager at T. Parker Host Inc., since 1979 and was a retired master sergeant in the U.S. Army.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Weymouth Funeral Home. A funeral Mass will be conducted 7:30 p.m. Friday at St. Jerome's Catholic Church, by Father Paul T. Gaughn. Interment will be 10 a.m. Saturday in Peninsula Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jerome's Catholic Church, 116 Denbigh Blvd., Newport News, or the Hampton Roads Maritime Association Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 3487, Norfolk, Va. 23514.
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