Aunt Bessie Pierce
Elizabeth Jones
(Bess) Moore 17 July 1889 - 18 Nov 1959 | her
parents
& 15 Sept 1909 Robert Russell Pierce
| 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
a. Mary Ann
McMillian
married John Taggart Wilber 1931-1960
b. Thomas
Curtis McMillian Jr.
married Anne
2. Arthur Moore Pierce 1912-1969
married 1st Dorothy Johnson **
a. Robert
Franklin Pierce
married Ursula
married 2nd Doris Carroll
b. Henrietta
Carole Pierce
married Norris Strickland
married
Jellie
c. Betsy Pierce
3. Annie Ward Pierce 1915 - 1926
Mary, Annie and Arthur Pierce
4. Robert Russell Pierce
1917 - dec.
married Florence Burgess
5. James Madison Pierce 1919 - 16 Nov 1996 obit
married Dory Boleti
a. Kay
Pierce*
b. James
Madison Pierce Jr
ca 1927 Johnnie and Jimmie
Pierce
6. John Wheeler Pierce 1924 - 1997
married Doris Corbett
a.
Deborah Waco Pierce
married Paul Sacra
i. Jennifer
Sacra
ii. Kimberly Sacra
b. John
Robert Pierce
7. Elizabeth Ann Pierce 1928 -
snaps of Betty
married John Milton Hickey
7 Aug 1924 - 15 March 2005
a. Mary
Elizabeth Hickey
b.
Catherine Hickey
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
02 November 2009
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