Obituary of Mary Lois Pierce

Kingsport - Mary Lois (Crawford) Pierce, born April 27, 1938 in Hawkins County Tennessee to Brancha & Bertha Crawford, departed for Heaven of natural causes on Monday morning September 20th at the home of her lifelong best friend and loving cousin and care giver Deborah Simpson-Noe with close family members by her side. She passed very peacefully and easily as she had always desired. She completed a long career at Holston Drug, Kings Department Store and Sullivan County Schools. She was an active member of various churches serving as organist, pianist and Sunday school teacher. Mary was a member of Reservoir Road Baptist Church for the past fifteen years. Her greatest joy was teaching the Children's Sunday School class and the little ones adored her. Mary spent her life serving the Lord and caring for others, especially her parents, through decades of illnesses. She tirelessly sat by her sister Cindy’s bedside almost daily for five years at Wexford House Nursing Home. Mary embodied the message of Christ and committed her life to serving others.

Mary is preceded in death by her parents Brancha & Bertha Crawford; husband, John Pierce; her sister, Lucinda “Cindy” Johnson and her sister-in-law, Ann Crawford, along with numerous other relatives and friends.

She is survived by her brothers, Joe M. Crawford and Ralph E. Crawford; her brother-in-law, Robert Johnson; nieces, Vicki Winstead (Bob) and Tammy Crawford (Stuart Hale); great-nephew, Joseph Winstead (fiancee Lilah Tess McClarney) and great-niece, Rachel Cortese (John).

A celebration of Marys’ Life will be held at Carter–Trent Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport, on Wednesday September 29. 2021. Visitation will be from 1-2 PM with memorial service at 2 PM. Pastors Gene Mullins and Keith Smith will officiate.

Graveside services will follow at Oak Hill Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Phillip Webster, Jonathon Fields, Dewayne Simpson and Robert Johnson with the men of Reservoir Road Baptist Church serving as honorary pallbearers.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital or The Gideon’s International.

Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport is serving the Pierce family.