The family of J.C. Pierce will celebrate 84 years of his life at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16, 2005, at Franklin-Bartley Chapel followed by a committal service at Crosbyton Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. tonight at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home.
He died Tuesday, Sept. 13. J.C. was born to Julius Jewel and Carl C. Brantley Pierce in Blum April 13, 1921. He and his family moved to Crosbyton, where they began farming. As a young man, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard. J.C. served during World War II in Seattle, Wash. He was aboard the 27th Commodore Way "The Locks", patrolling the coast for nine months. As a Corral Dog, he was responsible for the horses that the Coast Guard used on shore patrol. Following his time spent serving the United States Coast Guard; he returned home and married Thelma Hughes. Their wedding was Nov. 18, 1955 in Clovis, N.M. The newlyweds settled in Lubbock, and he was employed as a mechanic at Lubbock Auto. During his career as a mechanic, he also worked for Pollard Ford and Gene Messer Ford. He retired from Reese Air Force Base, where he drove a shuttle bus that transported the pilots to and from their planes. He is a former member of the West Texas Raiders, the Lubbock Drifters, and the Lubbock Saddle Club. He was a member of Genesis Baptist Church and the Brotherhood.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Pierce of New Deal; his son, Jewel Pierce and his wife Brenda of New Deal; two grandchildren, Jandi Tyson and her husband Trent of Canyon, and Cade Pierce of New Deal; a great-grandson, Benjamin Tyson; three children from a previous marriage along with their families; and siblings, Donald Pierce and his wife Wyanza, Dick Pierce and his wife Marilyn, Lula Mae Johnson and her husband Olan, and Katie Davis and her husband Thomas. His deceased brothers' wives, Judy and Carlee, also survive him.
Memorial contributions may be made to Genesis Baptist Church, 4212 East 2nd St. Lubbock, TX 79403.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Thursday, September 15, 2005
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