Dee Wayne Pierson

1925 - 2002  (77 years)

• Name	Dee Wayne Pierson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Birth	18 Mar 1925	Abernathy, Hale, Texas, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Military Draft Registration	1943	Abernathy, Hale, Texas, USA   [3]
  	Draft Registration - WWII
  Military Service	1 Jan 1945  [1, 4, 5, 9]
  	US Navy - WWII; COX (Cockswain)
  Census	1950	Hale County, Texas, USA   [2]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Alma
  Death	27 Sep 2002  [1, 4, 5, 11]
  Burial	Oklahoma Lane Cemetery, Farwell, Parmer, Texas, USA   [1, 5]
  Person ID	I6637	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Irlo Pierson,   b. 22 Jun 1896, Comanche County, Texas, USA d. 26 Aug 1975, Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Maggie Ella Durham,   b. 12 Apr 1899   d. 23 Jun 1987, Hale County, Texas, USA (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Sep 1914  [15]
  Family ID	F15768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vertie Alma Lee Dudley,   b. 31 May 1929, Silverton, Briscoe, Texas, USA d. 18 Jul 2019, Parmer County, Texas, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1948	Lubbock County, Texas, USA   [6, 16, 17]
  Children	1. Jerry Lee Pierson,   b. 13 Aug 1970, Castro County, Texas, USA d. 31 Mar 2014 (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Living   3. Stephen Wayne 'Steve' Pierson,   b. 8 Nov 1950, Lubbock County, Texas, USA d. 22 Feb 2024 (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F2171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Mar 1925 - Abernathy, Hale, Texas, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1943 - Abernathy, Hale, Texas, USA Marriage - 5 Dec 1948 - Lubbock County, Texas, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Alma - 1950 - Hale County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~b Pierson-M (Vet) Pierson Male Ancestor (Veteran)

  
  

• Sources

  [S11607] Smith, Brooke Yarbrough, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Pierson): PIERSON Dee W, (Name: SmithLC.com;), PIERSON Dee Wayne 1925-2002 (Veteran). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33594230/dee_wayne_pierson [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hale, Texas; Roll: 2. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hale, Texas; Roll: 2 [S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1182. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1182 [S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S233] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;), National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites. [S637] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;). [S72] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;). Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 [S11591] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 [S116] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2011;), The National Archives at College Park, Maryland; College Park, MD, USA; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798-2007; Record Group::. U.S., World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 The National Archives at College Park, Maryland; College Park, MD, USA; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798-2007; Record Group:: [S10672] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Lubbock County Clerk's Office; Lubbock, Texas; Lubbock County, Texas, Marriage Records. [S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). [S11591] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 [S11591] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 [S11591] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 [S11600] Smith, Brooke Yarbrough, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Pierson): DURHAM Maggie Pierson, (Name: SmithLC.com;), DURHAM Maggie Ella Pierson 1899-1987. Maggie Durham and William Pierson married 6 Sep 1914 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12652916/maggie-ella-pierson [S10303] Smith, Brooke Yarbrough, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Pierson): DUDLEY Vertie Pierson, (Name: SmithLC.com;), DUDLEY Vertie Alma Lee Pierson 1929-2019. Alma Pierson died Sunday, August 18, 2019 in Farwell. She was born May 30, 1929 in Silverton, Texas to Alwin H. and WIllie W. (Martin) Dudley. She married Dee Wayne Pierson in Plainview, Texas on December 5, 1948. Alma was a homemaker and was a Sunday School teacher all of her life. She sent birthday cards to all of her friends and family. Alma was an avid reader and enjoyed word puzzles. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dee in 2002; her parents; one son, Jerry Pierson; one granddaughter, D'Ann Pierson; six sisters, Lenora Pierson, Fay Harmon, Dora Biggerstaff, Lurine Dudley, Nita Holland and Jimmie Crabtree; and one brother, Homer Dudley. Alma is survived by her son, Steve Pierson and his wife, Bobbie of Oklahoma Lane, Texas; her three daughters, Sharon Eubanks and her husband, Max of Paris, Texas, Jo Eubanks and her husband, Gary of DeKalb, Texas and Brenda Yarbrough; 7 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202380495/alma-lee-pierson [S10672] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).