My father, Joe Robert Pearce walked home with the Lord on March 20, 2024 at 4:51 a.m. in his home after a long battle with Myelofibrosis that finally ended with him in my arms and by his side.
He is now joined with his mother and father, Alice (Archer) and Merrell Pearce; and siblings, Anita Jane, Leland, Clyde, Jerry, and Sue (Pearce) Welch.
Dad is survived by his remaining brother and sister-in-law, Fritz and Wanda Pearce and Aunt Blanch Lakey. He is lovingly missed by myself, Theresa Lynn (Pearce) Scurlock and my sister Rhonda Sue (Pearce) Smith. He is a Grandpa to Morgan Curtman, Robert Smith, Kyle Stroup and Trey Sparks. Dad has nine great grandchildren: Kylee, Nehemiah, Amelia, Whitley, Emmett, Aubrey, Gracie, Saint, and Paisley; and nieces: Tammy, Debbie, Missy, Alice, Angie, and Alexis and their families.
Dad was born in Seymour, Missouri May 16, 1947 and was raised in Goodhope. He enlisted in the United States Army in May 1965 at 17 years old and was honorably discharged in September 1969. He served two tours in Vietnam. Dad moved to Ozark, Missouri in the late 1970s and was employed by Fasco Industries for 27 years until retiring in 2002.
Cremation rites were accorded by Adams Crematory and arrangements were under direction of Adams Funeral Home, Ozark.