Location: E-Burt

Born: December 11, 1914 Erath, McLennan County, Texas

Died: June 29, 2008 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Daughter of William P Grayson and Molly Priscilla Garrett Grayson

Parents:
William Pinkney Grayson (1883 – 1975)
Mollie Priscilla Garrett Grayson (1889 – 1968)

Spouse:
Clifford Hall Pierce (1913 – 1977)

Children:
Shirley Anne Pierce Grube (1939 – ____)

Margaret Faye Pierce, 93, of Waco, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2008 at a local nursing home. Services will be 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 2, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel in Waco, with burial to follow in China Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. July 1 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home.

Margaret was born in Erath, Texas, to the late William P. Grayson and Molly Priscilla (Garrett) Grayson. She graduated from China Spring High School and married Cliff Pierce on April 13, 1935, in Valley Mills. She was a homemaker and an especially great cook, who was widely known for her chocolate cream pies. She was also an active member of China Spring Civic Club for many years. Margaret and Cliff lived most of their married lives in China Spring, where they were active members of First Baptist Church. She taught the Friendship Sunday School Class for many years, and the ladies who were members were some of her dearest friends. Many of them called her “Sister”, just like her own family did. She also served her church as financial secretary and helped her husband, who was the Church treasurer. They faithfully and lovingly devoted years of time and effort to their church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Cliff Pierce; a brother, Bill Grayson; and a sister, Dorothy Jane Grayson Ruff.

She is survived by her daughter, Shirley Anne Grube and husband, Bill, of Waco; granddaughters, Betty Jane Kiowski and husband, Mark, of Plano, and Laura Anne Meredith and husband, Clint, of Waco; great-grandchildren, Katherine Anne Kiowski and Luke William Kiowski, of Plano, and Elizabeth Anne Meredith, of Waco; sister, Betty Sue Grayson Brooks and husband, Wallace, of Waco; other family members, and many friends.