Lillie Mae Pierce
Obit submitted by Gena Forsyth
To the Hopkins Co. Cemeteries of TX
Funeral services for Lillie Mae Pierce, 87, of Cumby will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. July 21, in the First Baptist Church, Cumby, with the Rev. Robert Renfro officiating.
Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Cumby with E.A. Junell Jr., Johnny Brandon, George Hall, Howard Evans, Kyle Pickens and Charles Gilbreath serving as pallbearers.
Visitation will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Tapp Funeral Home.
Mrs. Pierce died at 4:53 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, in Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
She was born in Hopkins County on Sept. 3, 1906, the daughter of Charlie and Belle Bunch Minty. She married Wiley C. Pierce in Hopkins County on March 20, 1921. He preceded her in death on Dec. 9, 1987.
Mrs. Pierce was a longtime resident of Hopkins County, a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church, Cumby.
Survivors include a daughter; Bessie Mae High of Cumby; one sister, Leona Hughes of Farmersville; four grandchildren, Rita Jo Hansford, Jerry Don Pierce, Terry Allen Pierce and Donald Lee High; and four great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by a son, W.L. (Dub) Pierce in 1990; a grandson, Roy Glenn Pierce; two brothers, Walter and Homer Minty; and one sister, Melia(Tot) Minty Davis.