Clara Dine Hilliard Pierce, age 82 of Laurens, SC, formerly of Nash County, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, September 28, 2023 at Castalia Baptist Church, Castalia. Interment will follow at St. John Baptist Church Cemetery, Red Oak.

Clara was born March 6, 1941, in Nash County, North Carolina to the Late Abraham Hilliard and the Late Vessie Winstead Hilliard. Clara is the 8th of 9 children.

Clara was proceeded in death by, her husband Willie L. Pierce Sr. and son Willie L. Pierce Jr.; her parents Abraham and Vessie Hilliard; one brother Archie Hilliard, and three sisters, Amy Jean Biggers, Maxine Clark, and Lillie Mae Sessoms.

She is survived by her daughter Pamela (James) Pierce Moye' of Ware Shoals, SC; three grandchildren: sisters, Louise Calendar Brooklyn, New York, Mary Green Castalia, Mable West of Newport News, Virgina, Margie (Henry) Stokes Teachey of North Carolina, Virginia Holley White of Plains, Maryland, Mildred (John) Wilsher of Rocky Mount, and a bonus sister Shirley P. Gupton of Rocky Mount; one brother Emmanuel Hilliard Wilson; many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.