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Submitted: 4/30/21 • Approved: 5/2/21 • Last Updated: 5/5/21 • R415023-G415023-S3
March 31, 1927 - January 30, 2010
*Obituary
Thelma Ray Pierce, 82, of New Deal died on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, in Lakeside Rehab and Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 at 10 a.m. in the Franklin-Bartley Chapel, with Reverend Roger Garrett officiating. Burial will follow in the Crosbyton Cemetery. Her family will receive friends at Franklin-Bartley from 5:30 to 7 p.m. this evening.
Thelma was born March 31, 1927, in Silverton, Texas, to Benjamin Franklin and Bula (Loving) Hughes. She was raised in Flomot. She met and married J.C. Pierce on Nov. 18, 1955, in Clovis, N.M., and he preceded her in death on Sept. 13, 2005. Thelma was a member of the Genesis Baptist Church. She had been a resident of New Deal since 1989.
She is survived by her son, Jewel Pierce and wife Brenda of New Deal; two grandchildren, Jandi Tyson and husband Trent of Canyon and Cade Pierce and wife Camille of Keller; two great-grandchildren, Benjamin Tyson and Haddie Tyson; her sister, Jean Cooper of Matador; and her brother, Butch Hughes of Flomot.
She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Jon, Austin and Lon Hughes.
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