Posted on: Crawford Co. Il Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/CrawfordObits/10197 Surname: Pierson, Neal, Viore, Gire, Bogard, Wickizer ------------------------- This obituary was copied from the collection located at the Robinson Public Library. The obituaries themselves are usually not dated. Whoever made the collection has written down the dates by hand. The source of the obituary (i.e. which newspaper) is also not included. Transcribed by Dan Weger. Ocie May Pierson (6/28/1978) Ocie May Pierson, 81, Palestine, was pronounced dead on arrival at Crawford Memorial Hospital Tuesday afternoon of an apparent heart attack. She is survived by four sons, Ernest and Larry, both of Palestine; Wayne Pierson, Hanover Park, and Harold Pierson, Lafayette, La.; two daughters, Norma Neal, Las Vegas, Nev., and Joan Viore, Cleveland, Ohio; 18 grand-children; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob and Ida Gire Bogard, her husband, Charles Edward Pierson, and a daughter, Irene Malcolm. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Goodwine Funeral Home, Palestine, with Rev. Charles Wickizer officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and until service time Friday.