Dub Pierce
Obit submitted by Gena Forsyth
To the Hopkins Co. Cemeteries of TX Greenville Herald Banner Mon 15 Oct 1990 A:2
Dub Pierce
Funeral Services for W.L. "Dub" Pierce, 66, of Cumby, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Tapp Funeral Chapel in Sulphur Springs with Rev. Robert Renfro and Rev. David Burns officiating.   Burial will be in the Miller Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Pierce died Saturday morning at his residence.   He was born on June 6, 1942, in Dike, the son of Wylie C. and Lillie Mae Minty Pierce.   He married Dixie Clifton on Dec. 22, 1989, in Cumby.   He was a graduate of Cumby High School and served with the U.S. Army in World War 11. (Note: He could not have been born in 1942, and served in WW2)   He was a 32-year employee of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation.   He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cumby and of Hopkins Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife; his mother, Lillie Mae Pierce of Cumby; two sons, Jerry Don Pierce and Terry Allen Pierce of Cumby; one daughter, Rita Jo Hansford of Cumby; one sister, Bessie Mae High of Cumby; three step-daughters, Iva Nell Garner of Brashear, Darlene Campbell of Sulphur Springs, and Nita Jean Tibbit of DeSoto; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Murry Crumpton, Walter Darling, Avon Scott, Joe Baker, Leroy Gulledge, and Weldon Millsap.
Family will receive visitors 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Birthdate should be: June 6, 1924