Oleene Gallimore Pierce

Mrs. Oleene Gallimore Pierce, age 85, of Crousetown Road, Lexington, the only daughter of the late Seaph Wood Gallimore and Mary Alice Snider Gallimore went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 20, 2010 at Mountain Vista Health Park in Denton. Funeral service for Mrs. Pierce will be 2:00 pm Friday, September 24 at Community Baptist Church in the Silver Valley Community with Rev. Brian Workman and Rev. Claudie Harrison officiating. Burial will follow in Walter’s Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will be at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton Thursday from 6 to 8 pm and other times at the family home on Crousetown Road. Mrs. Pierce was born March 16, 1925 and was a life-long resident of Davidson County. She retired from Thornton Knitting in Denton. She was proud of her 67 years of marriage to her husband, Rev. Warren E. Pierce, who preceded her in death on January 11, 2009. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Aster Gallimore, Rex Gallimore and Boyd Gallimore. Mrs. Pierce is survived by four children, Zelda P. Willard of Floyd, Virginia, Brenda P. Wicker and husband Mack of Randleman, Phillip L. Pierce and wife Donna of Denton and Joy P. Leonard and husband Mark of Lexington; six grandchildren, Melanie W. Ratcliff and husband James, Allen Willard and wife Susan, Kelly Wicker and wife Tina, Stacy Wicker and wife Rosemary, Tony Pierce and Jeremy Wicker; five great-grandchildren, Ashley Willard, Rusty Moore, Nicholas Willard, Warren Ratcliff and Vernon Wicker, three brothers, James Lee Gallimore and wife Violet of Jasper, Alabama, Hosea Gallimore and friend Marie Myers of Denton and Doak Gallimore and wife Nancy of Thomasville, three sister-in-laws, Pauline Gallimore, Edith Gallimore and Bevilee Gallimore; two aunts, Avis Surratt and Mamie Schuler, one uncle, Paul Gallimore and wife Marjorie and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorials may be sent to Community Baptist Church, designated to the food bank, 385 Ernest Snider Road, Lexington, NC 27292 or to Walter’s Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 2610 Cid Road, Lexington, NC 27292