Mr. Milton Alfred Pierce, age 97 of West 8th Street Louisville, died Sunday evening, Sept. 17, 2017 at his residence.
Funeral service were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 in the Louisville United Methodist Church with Rev. Peter Vermulen and Rev. Finley Limehouse officiating.
Pallbearers were Brian Pierce, David Pierce, Jeremy Pierce, John Newberry, Carl Johnson and Lyndon Ramage. Burial, with Military Honors was held in the Louisville City Cemetery.
Mr. Pierce was born April 3, 1920 in Dodge County, GA, a son of the late Henry Alexander Pierce and Cherry Leola Phillips Pierce. He graduated from Empire High School and the University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s degree in Forestry. He was a United States Army Veteran, serving in World War II and retired after many years of service as a forester. Milton was an assistant Scout Master for the Boys Scouts of America, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Woodman of the World, a Mason and a member of the Masonic Lodge.
Milton was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Columbus Pierce, Olan Pierce and Bernice Pierce; sisters, Lois Ramage, Mamie Lancaster and Rosa Lee Ross and is survived by his wife of 71 years, Audrey Johnson Pierce of Louisville; daughter, Margaret and William Newberry of Louisville; son, Charles Alfred and Linda Pierce of Watkinsville; six grandchildren, John Edward Newberry, Amy Newberry Jones, Julie Newberry Nicholson, Brian Charles Pierce, David Nicholas Pierce and Jeremy Tyler Carpenter Pierce; six great grandchildren, Justin Alan Fletcher, Jackson Pierce Fletcher, Ava Reece Nicholson, Emma Julianne Newberry, Carly Ann Newberry and Samantha Brantley Jones.
The Pierce family received friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at the funeral home.
You may sign the family’s personal guestbook online at www.taylorfhlouisville.com.
Taylor Funeral Home and Cremation Care of Louisville is in charge of arrangements.