Billy Joe Pierce
Jan 28, 1932 - Mar 9, 2017
Posted by: Ann Weber
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Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Nowata.
Family will be receiving friends
from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Sunday, March 12, 2017
at Benjamin Funeral Service.
Billy Joe Pierce, longtime Nowata resident, passed
away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at his home in
Bartlesville. He was born January 28, 1932 to John
A. (Jack) and Lizzie Josephine Stevens Pierce in
Nowata County.
Bill graduated from Nowata High School with the
class of 1951. He and Margie Berry were married on
August 31, 1952. They celebrated 65 years of
marriage.
On his 21st birthday, Bill was inducted into the
U.S.
Army where he was attached to the 246th Guided
Missile Battalion with the title of Launching
Specialist. This project was perfected and tested in
the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico. He was
stationed at FT. Bliss, near El Paso, Texas.
Margie joined Bill and they lived in El Paso for the
two years of service. After Bill was discharged,
they returned to Nowata and to his work with the
City of Nowata. He had started working for the city
at eleven years old, mowing the cemetery lots. He
continued work with the city for 35 years serving in
all capacities often as interim City Manager. After
his work for the city, he accepted a job with
Keystone Pipe and Supply in Nowata. He later worked
for Benjamin Funeral Home. Bill ended his working
career as Maintenance Supervisor at Tri-County
Technology Center, retiring on his birthday, January
28, 1994.
Bill was an active member of First Church of God in
Nowata, where he served in many positions. He also
was a member of Nowata Lions Club, Nowata Volunteer
Fireman, American Legion, and Nowata County Retired
Educators. Bill was a fourteen-gallon blood donor
for American Red Cross until his health declined.
He loved working with his livestock and always had a
small herd of cattle and hogs. He actively supported
the Nowata County Fair and FFA projects.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents. Three
brothers, Otis F., Kellis M., John W., also three
sisters, Lela Ann Collier, Beulah Grace Collier, and
Dot Lorraine Epperson.
Surviving are his wife Margie, daughter Nancy and
husband Robert Wall, son David Pierce and his wife,
Shari and son Don Pierce and his wife Sabra.
Ten grandchildren including Staci Nicole (Nicci)
Davis and her companion Steve Mayhew, Bryan James
Hindman and wife Angela, Lucas Ryan Pierce and wife,
Michele, Beth Hindman Conley, Tyler Lee Pierce and
wife Carissa, Dallas Scott Hindman and wife Chandra,
Lacy Dawn (Pierce) Berryman and husband Jacob, and
Gentry Dene' Pierce, Stephanie (Wall) Pafford and
husband Chad and Cody Wall.
Twenty-eight great grandchildren including Brennen
and Braxton Davis, Paige and Peyton Mayhew, Jarrett
and Bradleigh Hindman, Mason, Abby, Emma, and Olivia
Weiss, Isaac and Avery Pierce, Lillie, Blake, Jake,
and Gracie Conley, Warren and Lydia Pierce, Pierce,
Aubrey, and Harper Hindman, Jaxyn, Jersey, and
Thomas Grey Berryman, Jachin Pierce, and Heavenly
and Richard Vega and Avery Edwards.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral
Service. Online condolences may be left at
www.honoringmemories.com. In lieu of flowers,
the family suggests a donation in Mr. Pierce's honor
to The American Legion or the Nowata Fire
Department.
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