Aunt Bessie Pierce
Elizabeth Jones
(Bess) Moore 17 July 1889 - 18 Nov 1959 | her
parents
& 15 Sept 1909 Robert Russell Pierce 31
Mar 1883 - 18 June 1952
| his parents
of Norfolk VA
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of
this moment!!
1909 Moore Sisters:
Julia and Bess
Bessie Moore and Robert Russell Pierce had:
1913 Bessie Moore Pierce
with Mary and Arthur
1. Mary Rayner Pierce
1910 - ca 1975
married 1929 T C McMillian 21 Feb 1905 Fulton AL -
lived next door to Bessie and Russell
a. Mary Ann
McMillian 1935 -
married John Taggart Wilber
15 Jan 1931 KY - 1960's FL
i. Donald Wayne Wilber 1956 FL -
ii. Ronald Wayne Wilber
1956 FL -
iii. Cynthia Lynn Wilber 1960
FL -
iv. Jay Thomas Wilber
1962 FL -
b. Thomas
Curtis McMillian Jr. 1944 -
married 8
May 1966 Anne Brothers
i. Thomas Curtis McMillian III 1966 VA -
ii. Kelly Anne
McMillian 1969 VA -
2. Arthur Moore Pierce 1912-1969
married 1st Dorothy Johnson **
a. Robert
Franklin Pierce 1933 -
married Ursula
i. son
ii. daughter
married 2nd Doris Carroll
b. Henrietta
Carole Pierce 1942 -
married Norris Strickland
i. Carter Brent Strickland 1968 -
married
Jellie
c. Betsy Pierce 1948 -
3. Annie Ward Pierce 1915 - 1926 died young
Mary, Annie and Arthur Pierce
4. Robert Russell Pierce
6 Jan 1917 - dec.
married 26 Oct 1940 Florence Burgess 2 Mar 1917 Hyde
Co NC - No Issue
5. James Madison Pierce 19 Jan 1919 - 16 Nov 1996 obit
married 1951 Dory Boleti 1922 Italy -
a. Kay
Pierce*ca 1945 -
b. James
Madison Pierce Jr 1951 -
ca 1927 Johnnie and Jimmie
Pierce
6. John Wheeler Pierce 1924 - 1997
married 1943 Doris Corbett 1924 -
a.
Deborah Waco Pierce 1952 -
married Paul Sacra
i. Jennifer
Sacra
ii. Kimberly Sacra
b. John
Robert Pierce 1956 -
7. Elizabeth Ann Pierce 1928 -
Betty ca 1975
married John Milton Hickey
7 Aug 1924 - 15 March 2005
a. Mary
Elizabeth Hickey 1950 -
b.
Catherine Lee Hickey 1952 -
married Mack McMahan
Beth and Cathy Hickey
1959 5 Generations (not direct line of course) Mary Ann McMillan Wilber top left, her great Aunt Julia W
Moore, her aunt Betty Pierce Hickey, seated is her great, great Aunt Nell Rayner Myers and
Ronnie or Donnie (no one is certain which) Wilber. Day of Bess Pierce's funeral.
Sept 2006 at Chowan: Tommy McMillan, Bobby Pierce, Betty
Hickey, Ursula Pierce, Carole Jellie, Cathy McMahan, Dory
Pierce, Mack McMahan, Scott Blackwell, Sally Koestler, Jennifer Sacra,
Kimberly Sacra, Robbie Pierce, Debbie Pierce Sacra.
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O B I T U A R I E S
John M. Hickey VIRGINIA
BEACH - John Milton Hickey,
80, of the 3300 block of MacDonald Road, went to be with the Lord
March 15, 2005, surrounded by his family and friends. John was
born in Norfolk and grew up in Brambleton. He was the son of
the late Mary Caroline and Charles Edward Hickey and
was preceded in death by his brothers, Edward Hickey and
Willie Reynolds and his sister, Laura Etheridge.
An Army veteran of World War II, he was a
retired claims supervisor with Aetna Life Insurance Co. He was a deacon
emeritus and a faithful member of Woodland Heights Baptist Church, where
he served on many committees and in various ministries including the
Swinging Saints Choir and his Senior Citizens Group. Mr. Hickey was
a member of the Norfolk East Camp of Gideons International and the
Virginia Beach Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans and was a
lifetime athlete and coach.
Surviving are his loving wife of 56 years, Betty
Pierce Hickey; his daughters, Beth Leonard and
husband Frank and Cathy McMahan and husband Everette “Mac” McMahan.
His surviving grandchildren are Eric McMahan, Jason McMahan, Keith
Leonard and wife Tammy, Elizabeth Clemons and husband Billy and Matthew
Leonard; great-grandchildren, Austin Clemons and Luke Leonard; his
brother, Charles W. Hickey and wife Maxine of
Charlotte, N.C.; two sisters-in-law, Stella Reynolds and Dory Pierce;
and many nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in
Woodland Heights Baptist Church with Dr. Ken Barnes officiating. Burial
will follow in Riverside Memorial Park. . . .
His Christian testimony, constant display of
love and great sense of humor will be greatly missed. “Well done, thy
good and faithful servant.” |
* indicates close
relative of wife who was adopted by husband
**indicates couple divorced
28 January 2012
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