The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, January 6, 1997               TAG: 9701060022
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SUNBURY                           LENGTH:   21 lines

CRENOLIA W. PIERCE

Crenolia White Pierce, 85, of Route 1, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 1997, in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City.

Mrs. Pierce was born in Gates County. The daughter of the late Loranzy and Mrs. Penelope White, she retired from Planter's Peanuts, Suffolk, and was a member of Damascus Christian Church. She was the wife of the late Andrew H. Pierce.

Surviving are a son, Larry B. Pierce Sr. and his wife, Doris, of Sunbury; a sister, Sibyl W. Bunch of Chesapeake; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Damascus Christian Church by the Rev. Riddick Pearce. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, and at other times at the residence.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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