Billy Campbell Pierson

Billy Campbell (Bill) Pierson of Cleveland, TN, (age 88) passed away on September 27, 2018. He was born on December 18, 1929, to his parents, the late Hiram Newton Pierson and Carrie Harrison Peters Pierson, in the Daniel Boone community near Gate City, VA. He graduated from Shoemaker High School at Gate City in 1947. He served in the United States Air Force and was honorably discharged in 1954. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1958. Following graduation, he was employed by Tennessee Eastman Co., a division of Eastman Kodak, in Kingsport, TN. He retired in 1992 as Division Superintendent of the Shops and Services. He was a devoted Christian and was a member of Litz Manor Baptist Church in Kingsport for 50 years. He was a Sunday school teacher there for more than 40 years. Since relocating to Cleveland, he was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cleveland, TN.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Aleen Gillenwater of Sulphur Springs, TN; and two brothers, Keith, who died in infancy, and Carl Glen of Gate City, VA.
Bill is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Jo McDavid Pierson; daughters, Karen Bunch (Dewayne) of Cleveland, TN, and Linda Whitmore (Cliff) of Franklin, TN; grandchildren, Katherine Elise Whitmore of Nashville, TN, Jennifer Grace Whitmore of Atlanta, GA, William Clayton Bunch (Candice) of Lexington, KY, and Jesse Pierson Bunch of Cleveland, TN; along with two great-grandchildren, Tegan Lewis and Jedediah Clayton Bunch of Lexington, KY.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, September 30th, at First Baptist Church in Cleveland, from 1:30-3:00pm. Funeral services will be held on October 1st, at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home in Kingsport, TN. There will be visitation from 12:30-2:00pm, funeral service at 2:00pm, family and graveside service to follow.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Manna Ministries at First Baptist, Salvation Army of Cleveland, TN or the charity of your choice in memory of Billy C. Pierson.

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