Buck Pierce

Thursday, November 9, 2017

BENTON, Mo. -- Louis Allen "Buck" Pierce, 79, died Nov. 8, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Born March 21, 1938, in Pinhook, to the late Everett John and Olive Lorene Moorehead Pierce, he had been employed as a horse trainer and was a member of Unity Baptist Church in Benton.

On Aug. 30, 1963, in East Prairie, he married Martha Ann Ditto, who survives of the home.

Additional survivors include: two sons and daughters-in-law, Richard Allen and Nicole Pierce of Benton and Brian Allen and Joyce Pierce of Lesterville; one brother, Bobby Ray Pierce of Benton; and eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Ricky Allen Pierce; and two sisters, Dorothy Lee and Mary Frances Fisher.

Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie with the Rev. Dennis Lowe officiating.

Burial will follow in Dogwood Cemetery.

Online condolences may be shared at: www.ponderfuneralhome.com.