Shirley Mae Pierce
Shirley Mae Pierce was born on 12 October 1939 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Her parents were Otis and Eardy Pierce. She grew up with sisters Mary and Esther and brothers Carl, Johnny, Wesley and Wayne, and most of the family stayed around Independence.
Her daughter with Ross H. Robertson, Janice Diane, was born on 24 January 1957, when Shirley was seventeen. Ross was an ironworker from Hillsdale in St. Helena Parish. The double stone the couple share at Hillsdale carries a third date between their names, 8 November 1980, the place where a wedding date is usually carved.
Shirley Mae Pierce Robertson died at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite at 12:25 in the morning on Thursday, 2 June 1994. She was 54 and living at Amite. Visitation was at McKneely Funeral Home in Amite, and the Rev. Mitch Williams conducted her funeral on the Saturday. She was buried in Hillsdale Cemetery.
Her obituary in the Baton Rouge Advocate names her husband, Ross H. "Hoody" Robertson, and "a daughter, Diane Hobbs, Amite." It lists her sisters Mary Singleton and Esther Badon of Independence, her brothers Carl Pierce of Pelham, Georgia, and Johnny Pierce of Independence, two grandchildren, three nieces and thirteen nephews. Her parents and her brothers Wesley and Wayne had died before her. Ross outlived her by sixteen years.
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Cite: Heirology, "Shirley Mae Pierce (1939-1994)", https://heirology.com/ancestors/shirley-mae-pierce-1939-1994-10b096.