Harold Lloyd Pierce

Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 16, 2013 at Westgate Church of Christ in Dothan with Ministers Bill Watkins and Martel Pace officiating. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday at Byrd Funeral Home.

The family will also receive friends from 2:00-2:30 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Grove Church of Christ in Andalusia, AL followed by a graveside service in the church cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing.

Harold was born September 24, 1928 in Walnut Hill, Florida. He was the seventh of eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Pierce. His formative years were spent in River Falls, AL where he graduated from Red Level High School. After graduation, he spent two years in active military duty and served 26 years in the Alabama National Guard. He retired as a Sergeant Major. He served as deacon and elder at Park Avenue Church of Christ and on the board of directors for Agape of Central Alabama. He enjoyed ministering to others through song by leading worship at Westgate Church of Christ and at Extendicare of Dothan. He was a servant of Christ who instilled the steadfast faith of the Lord in his children and grandchildren.

Harold was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Pierce, four sisters, two brothers, and one grandchild, Gabriel Pierce, of Dothan, AL.

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Jeanette Huggins Pierce of Dothan; children, Terry (Dr. Beth Weaver) Pierce, Wayne (Lisa) Pierce, Jill (Jack) Burkhalter, all of Dothan, and Jayne (Tim) Johnson of Nashville, TN; grandchildren, Shawn and Adam Pierce, Gantt (Niki) Pierce, Chase, Leah and Blake Burkhalter, all of Dothan, Kaki (Nick) Morrow of Huntsville, AL, and Garrett, Graham (Lindsey) and Griffin Johnson of Nashville, TN; siblings, Pluma Moore, Ernestine Gunter, Bertrum Pierce, all of River Falls, AL, and Lytress Allen of Monticello, MS; and special friend Dorothy Blackmon.

A special thanks is extended to Dr. Doug Jackson, Tammy, and Gentiva Hospice.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to Agape of Central Alabama, P.O. Box 230472, Montgomery, AL 36123, or to Wiregrass Christian Youth Camp, 207 W. College Street, Enterprise, AL 36330.