NAME: GEORGE PIERCE JR., AGE 83, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 29, 1919 AT ATOKA, OK TO GEORGE AND KATIE (MOSES) PIERCE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 83 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT PITTS CROSSING AND DUNBAR SCHOOLS, AND COMPLETED ATOKA AGRICULTURAL TRAINING SCHOOL IN ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: FRANCILLE ARTERBERRY ON APRIL 27, 1946 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: GEORGE WORKED FOR DWIGHT ROGERS AND DON BARNARD FOR MANY YEARS AS A RANCHER AND FARMER CHURCH AFFILIATION: METHODIST FAITH. GEORGE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY FROM 1942 TO 1946 DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS ALSO A LIFE MEMBER OF THE D.A.V., ATOKA POST AND A MEMBER OF THE CHOCTAW NATION. SURVIVED BY WIFE: FRANCILLE OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: LINDA BARNETT AND HUSBAND ROY OF TULSA, OK. TROY PIERCE, SR AND WIFE BRENDA OF SPERRY, OK . LEON PIERCE, SR AND WIFE MARILYN OF SHIATOOK, OK. MYRA MORRIS AND HUSBAND JESSE OF GILMER, TX. 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GEORGE AND KATIE PIERCE. DAUGHTER: IVA RENE WASHINGTON. BROTHER: MARTIN PIERCE. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: JALISA BOWLER.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2003 AT 11:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WELLS STREET CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: BROTHER WILLARD HARRISON. ASSISTING: REV. W. T. LAUDERDALE AND REV. BERTRAND BAILEY, JR. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) ROY BARNETT JR, TROY PIERCE JR, LEON PIERCE JR, KARL PIERCE, ROBERT WASHINGTON, BRYAN ROBERTS, RICO BOWLER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: COTTON ALLEN, DEWAYNE HILL, CECIL HILL, JACKIE HILL, CLIFFORD BROWN, ORLAN HILL, JESSE HARRISON, DON BARNARD. FLOWER BEARERS: KELLEY N. BOWLER, KELSEY M. BARNETT, SICILY M. PIERCE, LE'NOE PIERCE, LATASHA PIERCE, MARSHA L. MORRIS, MONICA E. ROBERTS, LISA R. WASHINGTON, RISA D. WASHINGTON, CHRISTY WASHINGTON, CAPRIA L. PIERCE, LESLIE C. PIERCE.