Pierce, Jerusha Maybelle

1923 - 2018  (94 years)

• Name	Pierce, Jerusha Maybelle
  Birth	16 Apr 1923	South Muddy Township, Jasper County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	PIER.J005
  _FGRAVE	187823950
  Death	3 Mar 2018	Good Samaritan Home, Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois
  Burial	Cornell Cemetery, Cornell, Livingston County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Rexroad, Jerusha M. and Harvey V. Sr.
  Person ID	I21308	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Fulk - Barnett Levi Foster Preston Fulk Sr. and Minerva Jane Barnett Descendants, Good - Foster Harold R. Good and Anna Madge L. Foster Descendants, Herdes - Minard Joseph Herdes and Mary Ann Minard Descendants, Travis - Jones Noah Travis and Hannah N. Jones Descendants
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Pierce, Jacob P.,   b. 1 Apr 1891   d. 9 Feb 1963 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Fulk, Lillian M.,   b. 3 Jul 1893   d. 9 May 1950 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F2948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rexroad, Harvey V. Sr.,   b. 1915   d. 1986 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F20259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Apr 1923 - South Muddy Township, Jasper County, Illinois Burial - - Cornell Cemetery, Cornell, Livingston County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Jerusha M. Rexroad, 94, of Pontiac passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 2:50 p.m. at Good Samaritan Home in Pontiac, IL. Her service will be Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home in Pontiac with Pastor Donald Leonard and Pastor Tom Goodell officiating. Burial will follow at Cornell Cemetery in Cornell, IL. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 6, 2018 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home, Pontiac, is in charge of arrangements. Jerusha was born April 16, 1923 in South Muddy Township, Jasper County, IL to Jacob and Lillie Mae (Fulk) Pierce. She married Harvey Vernon Rexroad, Sr. on October 7, 1940 in Louisville, KY. He passed away April 10, 1986. She is survived by her children, Maybell Joann (Jeff) Richard of Pontiac, Leonard Ralph (Diane) Rexroad of Fairplay, MO, John Garlen (Judy) Rexroad of DePue, IL, August Eugene (Kathy) Rexroad of Phoenix, AZ, Veron Alonzo Rexroad of Pontiac, IL, Jacob Harold (Bonnie) Rexroad of Pontiac, IL, Jack Harrison Rexroad of Streator, IL, Lillie Alice Rexroad of Pontiac, IL, Scott Allen Rexroad of Streator, IL, Lulubelle Arlene Rexroad of Pontiac, IL, and Dennis Allan (Melody) of Flanagan, IL; 69 grandchildren; and many great and great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harvey; three sons, Harvey Vernon Rexroad, Jr., Tommie Bernard Rexroad, Larry Ardel Rexroad; five grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. Jerusha attended schools in Hord, IL and was a homemaker. She was a member of Cornell Methodist Church in Cornell, IL. She greatly enjoyed playing cards and bingo and sewing.

  
  

• Sources

  [S16396] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Rexroad, Jerusha M. and Harvey V. Sr., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187823950/jerusha_maybelle_rexroad), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2064] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Pierce, Lillian M. (Fulk) and Jacob P., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20031697/jacob-pierce), none. (Reliability: 2).