Josephine Adams Enright Pierce, the first of eleven children of Solomon Benjamin and Fannie White Adams, was born on their farm near Merry Hill, NC, November 17, 1911. She died December 28, 2010, in Boise, Idaho at the age of 99. Josephine was a voracious reader of the Bible and excelled at sewing, knitting, crocheting, basket making and flower gardening. After graduating from NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem in 1933, Josephine worked as a registered nurse. She is survived by her two sons, Kenneth Enright (Jan) of Manitou Springs, CO and Ronald Enright (Marsha) of Boise, ID; sisters Margaret Parker of Newport News, VA and Miriam Wise of Williamsville, NY; brothers, Frank Winston Adams of Windsor, William Jesse "Jack" Adams and George Truett Adams (June) of Colerain and Phillip White Adams (Mae) of Columbia, SC. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Kenneth F. Enright of Newport News, VA and her second husband, Thomas G. Pierce of Colerain, NC; brothers, John Milton, Solomon Benjamin, Jr., Spencer Harding and Max Gardner Adams. Services will be held Friday, January 7, 2011 at 11:00 am at Riverside Baptist Church on NC 45 south of Colerain. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Contributor of this information: C. J. (46618964)∼Josephine A. Pierce, 99, of Boise, formerly of Windsor, North Carolina, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at a local hospital. Funeral services are pending in Windsor, NC under the direction of Walker Funeral Homes. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.
Published in Idaho Statesman on December 30, 2010
Contributor of this information: C. J. (46618964)∼Josephine A. Pierce, 99, of Boise, formerly of Windsor, North Carolina, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at a local hospital. Funeral services are pending in Windsor, NC under the direction of Walker Funeral Homes. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.
Published in Idaho Statesman on December 30, 2010
Josephine Adams Enright Pierce, the first of eleven children of Solomon Benjamin and Fannie White Adams, was born on their farm near Merry Hill, NC, November 17, 1911. She died December 28, 2010, in Boise, Idaho at the age of 99. Josephine was a voracious reader of the Bible and excelled at sewing, knitting, crocheting, basket making and flower gardening. After graduating from NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem in 1933, Josephine worked as a registered nurse. She is survived by her two sons, Kenneth Enright (Jan) of Manitou Springs, CO and Ronald Enright (Marsha) of Boise, ID; sisters Margaret Parker of Newport News, VA and Miriam Wise of Williamsville, NY; brothers, Frank Winston Adams of Windsor, William Jesse "Jack" Adams and George Truett Adams (June) of Colerain and Phillip White Adams (Mae) of Columbia, SC. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Kenneth F. Enright of Newport News, VA and her second husband, Thomas G. Pierce of Colerain, NC; brothers, John Milton, Solomon Benjamin, Jr., Spencer Harding and Max Gardner Adams. Services will be held Friday, January 7, 2011 at 11:00 am at Riverside Baptist Church on NC 45 south of Colerain. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Contributor of this information: C. J. (46618964)∼Josephine A. Pierce, 99, of Boise, formerly of Windsor, North Carolina, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at a local hospital. Funeral services are pending in Windsor, NC under the direction of Walker Funeral Homes. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.
Published in Idaho Statesman on December 30, 2010
Contributor of this information: C. J. (46618964)∼Josephine A. Pierce, 99, of Boise, formerly of Windsor, North Carolina, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at a local hospital. Funeral services are pending in Windsor, NC under the direction of Walker Funeral Homes. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.
Published in Idaho Statesman on December 30, 2010
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