Chichester B. Peirce Obituary (1943

Mr. Peirce, who was known as Barham, was born August 8, 1943, at the home of his paternal grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Chichester Tapscott Peirce, in Nuttsville. He was the son of the late Chichester Tapscott Peirce Jr. and Catherine Barham. His father was serving in the U.S. Army at the time of his birth and was killed in action in Germany in 1945. His mother, Catherine, always known as "Treenie," later married William Ransdell "Ran" Chilton who became the father Barham had lost due to the war. He attended Lancaster County public schools and graduated from Randolph Macon Military Academy in Front Royal. He attended Virginia Military Institute and later served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved the woods and waters of the Northern Neck where he spent many happy hours. Tragically, as a young man he was afflicted with a disabling disease from which he suffered for the rest of his life. Mr. Peirce is survived by three children, Stephanie Pilar Peirce of Fair Haven, N.J., and Bellingham, Wash.; Nancy Kamps Peirce of Bellingham; and Charles Tunstall Chilton Peirce of New York City; grandchildren, Lucy Tucson Peirce and Kashen Ryle Peirce, both of Bellingham; and his cousins, R. Page Henley Jr. of Weems and Nuttsville; and the Barhams of Capron, Southhampton County. Interment will be a graveside service at 2 p.m. October 23, 2010, in the cemetery at St. Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Church near Lively. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), P.O. Box 8260, Richmond, VA 23226-0260; The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 1108 East Main Street, Suite 1600, Richmond, VA 23219; Ducks Unlimited, One Waterfowl Way, Memphis, TN, 38120; or to charities of the donor's choice. Please sign the guest book and share your memories of Chichester on this memorial (click 'Sign Guest Book').