Dairus E. Pierce
1932 - 1951 (18 years)
Generation: 1
1. Dairus E. Pierce was born on 15 Sep 1932 in Ohio; died on 10 Mar 1951 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio. Notes:
LKH note:
Photograph of his headstone on Find a Grave shows his name spelled as Dairus
His obituary and news articles about the accident show his name spelled as Darius.
His sister's obituary shows his name spelled as Dairus.
Dayton Youth Killed
Dayton, O., March 10 - (AP) - Darius E. Pierce, 18, Dayton, was killed today when his automobile went out of control on a rural road 15 miles southwest of Dayton and hit a tree stump. Pierce was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Pierce, who moved to Dayton a few months ago from Mowrystown in Highland County southwest f Hillsboro.
Springfield News-Sun, Springfield, Ohio. Sunday, 11 March 1951.
Whiteoak High Grad Is Killed In Auto Crash
Services Tuesday For Darius Pierce, 18, of dayton
Injuries received in an automobile accident near Dayton Friday night claimed the life of a 1950 graduate of Whiteoak High School at Mowrystown.
The victim was Darius E. Pierce, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Pierce, of 25 Brown Street, Dayton, all former residents of the Mowrystown community.
Young Pierce was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Elizabeth hospital, Dayton, at 4;10 A.M. Saturday, an hour after the accident.
Riding with him was Donald Mason, 26, of the same Dayton address, who remained in serious condition today from injuries received in the accident. Mason sustained head, neck and torso injuries.
The crash in which Pierce died occurred about 3 A.M. a short distance west of Germantown. The state highway patrol reported Pierce was driving north. The car approached a left-hand curve, failed to make it and plunged off the road.
The auto rolled over "several times," the patrol reported, then landed on a stump with its top torn off.
Pierce was an apprentice toolmaker at Frigidaire Plant 2 and had been employed there about six months. He and his family and moved to Dayton from Mowrystown about eight months ago.
Funeral services were to be held Tuesday at 2 P.M. at the Methodist Church in Sugartree Ridge, with Rev. Eugene Riffle officiating and burial following in the church cemetery under the direction of Charles Roberts funeral home of Mowrystown.
Besides his parents, he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Alma Harvey of Centerville, Mrs. Betty Griffith of Dayton, Mrs. Marie Donahue of Aberdeen, Phyllis Pierce, Dayton, and three brothers, William and Joseph of Dayton and Dewey Jr., at Ohio State University, Columbus.
Mason had been employed for a week as a truck driver at the Gitzinger Trucking Service in Dayton.
The News-Herald, Hillsboro, Ohio. Tuesday, 13 March 1951.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88034858/dairus-e-pierce