Show II Al Al Pierce Fierce Deputy Sheriff Dies 1 v r s 4 L lc rr ALBERT ALBERTA A. A PIERCE Hell be a difficult man to tore tore- re replace place was the comment of Davis Dayis Day Dav is County Sheriff Kenneth Hammon Hammon Hammon Ham- Ham mon the day after it was an an an- that his head jailer Deputy Albert A. A Pierce had died of a cerebral hemorrhage In Ina Ina ina a Salt Lake hospital Monday May MayAL 17 AL WAS IVAS A good man for his job He lie had served on the sheriffs sher shet- iffs urs force since April of 1960 When Nhen the new Jail was completed and the sheriff moved his crew to the new building In July of ot 1963 Mr Pierce was promoted to the rank of sergeant and put In charge of the jail facilities He lie was a large ruddy corn man who by becoming a deputy sheriff carried on a family tradition In that his father father fa fa- ther Lon Pierce was also a deputy sheriff for tor Davis County In supervising the prisoners in his care he was firm yet was a genial man with a rather dry sense of humor A NATIVE of Davis County he was born in Farmington on on Oct 7 1901 a son of Albert Alonzo and Inri Alice Pierce Piece He mar tied ried Virginia Williams on April 18 1925 but was later divorced On Nov 17 1953 he married Nona NoM Winkler They currently make their home at S. S S E. E E Centerville He tie was a member of ot the Utah Peace reace Officers' Officers th the Na National Na Sheriffs' Sheriffs and the Centerville 3rd LOS ward HE IS SURVIVED by his widow widow- two sons and a daughter Donald A. A Pierce Salt Lake City Jack 1 K Midvale Mrs Eldon Sharon Jensen Granger Grangers a stepdaughter step daugh let ter Mrs Hal Beverly Freitas Hayward Calif ten grandchildren dren and the following sisters Mrs Lucille Savage Seal Beach Calif Mrs Vern Tress Johnson Johnson John John- son Centerville Mrs Edward Mae Pearce Huntington Park Calif Mrs Ted Thelma Wilde Salt Lake City His Ills funeral was held Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day at the Union Mortuary In Bountiful Interment was In the Farmington city cemetery Funeral services for Albert Al AI A. A Pierce were he held Id Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day May 20 In the Union Mortuary Mortuary Mortuary Mor Mor- chapel with Darrell in charge FAMILY F AMIL Y prayer was offered by Bishop Darrell prelude prelude prelude pre- pre lude and postlude music Thora Gregory Invocation Jess Stevenson Stevenson Stev Stev- enson musical number Beyond the Sunset speaker Allan Beers musical Clair de Lune Speaker Sheriff Kenneth Hammon lIam Ham mon musical Gold Mine in the Sky benediction Dean Egbert dedication of the grave in Farmington FarmIngton Farmington Farm Farm- ington cemetery William Peters PALLBEARERS were Leon Johnson Don Smith Lee Bybee Dell Holbrook Harry Pierce and Bert Holbrook Honorary pallbearers ear e r 8 were Jess Stevenson William Peters Dean Egbert Leo Monks Tom Lennox Gordon Roxburgh and Floyd Dansie |