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Submitted: 12/31/19 • Approved: 1/6/20 • Last Updated: 1/9/20 • R243777-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
Baton Rouge Advocate
September 23, 1990
PIERCE, KATIE LEA
Died 3:50 pm Friday, September 21, 1990, at Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary, Louisiana. She was 90, a native and former resident of Franklinton, Louisiana and a resident of Baker, Louisiana. Survived by son Henry S Pierce Jr, Baker; daughters Mrs Frank (Joetta) Williams, Baker and Mrs Robert (Carrol) Melone, Tulsa, Oklahoma.; sisters Miss Evie Lea, Mrs Jessie Cox, and Mrs Howard (Ida) Stafford, all of Franklinton; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; 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, Louisiana.
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