Samuel D. “Sam” PIERSON^{[1, 2]}

1933 - 2019  (86 years)

• Name	Samuel D. “Sam” PIERSON  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1933
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Fairfax, Virginia of Sumter, South Carolina SAMUEL D. PIERSON Posted Friday, January 10, 2020 6:00 am Samuel D. Pierson peacefully passed away in November 2019. He was 86. Sam was born in Sumter to parents Evie Osteen and George Pierson. Sam attended Edmunds High School (now Sumter High School). He joined the U.S. Marines and proudly served in the Korean War. After the war, he married, attended George Washington University, and raised his family in the Washington, D.C. / northern Virginia area. He was a highly successful engineer and, after years of working in industry, he fulfilled his passion and vision of owning his own company. He built his company from the ground up, which culminated in substantial contracts with major companies throughout the Eastern Seaboard and abroad. He was an accomplished pilot who enjoyed flying friends and family around the southeastern U.S. in his Cessna and Piper aircraft. After several decades, he returned to his beloved South Carolina, where he enjoyed farming, gardening, planting trees, especially fruit trees, feeding hummingbirds, traveling and entertaining family and friends. His antique tractors have been donated and will soon be on display at the Agricultural Museum of South Carolina in Pendleton. A bench with his name engraved will also be displayed on the museum grounds. He is survived by sons, Ricky, Steven (Shawnare) and John; daughter, Sandra; siblings, J. Baxter Pierson, Frances Kolar and Hazel Wilson; as well as grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday at the O'Donnell House, 120 E. Liberty St., Sumter. A dinner reception will immediately follow the service. Memorials may be sent to the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of SC, 120 History Lane, Pendleton, SC 29670 or Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675-8516. Courtesy announcement by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.  [3, 5, 6]
  MILI	He joined the U.S. Marines and served in the Korean War.  [6]
  _UID	3EF73B55D5054C88B49C183F07B6997CEC72
  Death	Nov 2019
  Burial	11 Jan 2020	a celebration of life was held at the O’Donnell House, 120 E. Liberty St., Sumter, South Carolina   [6]
  	Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home & Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I126842	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	George Gaither PIERSON
  Mother	Evie L. OSTEEN,   b. Aug 1899, Sumter County, South Carolina d. Oct 1980, Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1920	Sumter County, South Carolina   [7]
  _UID	2E45D9F5CF9C482CB1A6FE1F38E45BC3CEA4
  _UID	2E45D9F5CF9C482CB1A6FE1F38E45BC3CEA4
  Family ID	F19085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  _UID	A602F3B9907F480CB57D949EE2ED1E384002
  _UID	A602F3B9907F480CB57D949EE2ED1E384002
  Children	1. Ricky PIERSON   2. Steven PIERSON   3. John PIERSON   4. Sandra PIERSON
  Family ID	F87137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S29385] Frances P. Kolar. [S32746] James Baxter Pierson Sr. [S3546] Evie Pierson. [S22100] Frank B. WIlson Jr. [S24348] Marguerite P. Morris. [S27417] Samuel D. Pierson. [S5540] Marriage License Index- By Grooms’ Name, page 1840.