Garvin County Obits - F.J. Pearce Submitted by Beverly Evans rbevans1@cox.net ************************************************************************ USGenWeb® ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb® archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb® Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.org/ *********************************************************************** Garvin County Obituaries F.J. Pearce F. J. PEARCE FUNERAL HELD THURSDAY P.M. Interment took Place at Foster After Services Held at Grave Funeral services for Major Franklin J. Pearce were held Thursday afternoon. A brief service at the home consisting of a prayer by Rev. Walter Douglass and a solo by Tom Conner, was concluded at the grave in the Foster Cemetery. Hundreds of old time friends, many of whom had known Maj. Pearce during his 30 years residence at Foster, where he was engaged in the mercantile business, gathered as a tribute of respect to their deceased friend. The body was interred beside those of three children who had preceded. While there were six brothers and two sisters in the Pearce family, only one brother and one sister now survive, they being residents of North Carolina and were unable to attend the funeral. A rather remarkable fact is that three of Major Pearce's nephews are Methodist preachers. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Walter Douglass pastor of the Methodist Church of which Major Pearce had been a member several years. Obit fr. Pauls Valley Democrat, Thursday March 13, 1930 (front page).