Martha E. Pierce

Martha Pierce, 70, of Grubbs, died Wednesday. Survivors: sons, Eugene Pierce, Frank Alfred Pierce, L.C. Pierce, Jr., Heath Allen Jobe, Ashley Jobe, Aaron Jobe; daughter, Mary Ann Gilbert; three sisters; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; her dog, Coonie. Funeral: Friday, 10 a.m., Jackson's Newport Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Ballew's Chapel Cemetery. www.jacksonsfh.com.