Edna Strickland Pierce

Edna Strickland Pierce
PIERCE, EDNA STRICKLAND, age 82 of Moody passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2009. Mrs. Pierce graduated from Cedartown High School in 1943 and played basketball in high school. She met E.J. Pierce while working at Stone and Alred, they married on July 20, 1946. They have been married for 63 years. She enjoyed decorating, sewing, and doing all kinds of crafts. She loved gospel music, especially the Gaithers. She worked at Golbro Jewelers for 13 years. Her family was the most important thing to her and she will be missed dearly. I will miss my wife, best friend, and companion. Mrs. Pierce was preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Norman S. Strickland and Lillian B. Strickland; and brothers, Norman and Neely Strickland. Mrs. Pierce is survived by her husband, Edward J. Pierce; daughters, Janice Pierce Quick (Jimmy) and Anita Pierce Scroggins (George); son, Edward M. Pierce (Rosemary); brother, Van Strickland (Betty); grandchildren, Wayne and (Lynn) Quick, Ashley and (Jeff) Latham, Tiffany and (Phillip) Hyche, Wesley and (Sarah) Pierce, April Scroggins, Christy Scroggins, and Aaron Scroggins; great grandchildren, Pierce Quick, Mary Katelyn Latham, Luke Hyche, Riley Quick, Aidan Latham, Anna Pierce, and Noah Pierce. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to New Beacon Hospice, 2145 Highland Ave., Birmingham, AL 35205, 205-939-8799. Graveside Service will be held on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 2:00PM at Forest Crest Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, January 19, 2009 from 12:30PM until 1:30PM. Kilgroe Funeral Home, Leeds directing.

Published in The Birmingham News on 1/19/2009