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Submitted: 12/31/19 • Approved: 1/6/20 • Last Updated: 1/9/20 • R243776-G243776-S3
December 29, 1899 - September 21, 1990
Wife of Henry Slidel Pierce
Daughter of James Edward and Fletus Josephine Corkern Lea
Baton Rouge Advocate
September 23, 1990
PIERCE, KATIE LEA
Died 3:50 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, 1990, at Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary. She was 90, a native and former resident of Franklinton, and a resident of Baker. Visiting at Crain Funeral Home, Franklinton, 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, and 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Monday. Burial in the Ellis Cemetery , Franklinton. Survived by a son, Henry S. Pierce Jr., Baker; two daughters, Mrs. Frank (Joetta) Williams, Baker, and Mrs. Robert (Carrol) Melone, Tulsa, Okla.; three sisters, Miss Evie Lea, Mrs. Jessie Cox, and Mrs. Howard (Ida) Stafford, all of Franklinton; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by husband, Henry Slidle Pierce Sr. She was a member of Brownsfield Baptist Church in Baton Rouge.
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