The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, January 3, 1996             TAG: 9601030368
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SUNBURY                            LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

MILDRED W. PIERCE

Mildred Jones White Pierce, 85, of Route 1, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1996, in Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

Mrs. Pierce was born in Gates County. The daughter of the late Henry and Mrs. Issie Small Jones, she was a homemaker and a member of Oak Grove Christian Church. She was the wife of the late Lloyd Pierce.

Surviving are two sons, Earl White of Suffolk and Roland White of Norfolk; and four grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Cross Cemetery, Sunbury, by the Rev. Riddick Pearce. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB