Julia Moody Pierce

This photo of Julia Moody Pierce isn't dated, but the hairstyle suggests that it may have been taken in the mid-1920s.

Even farm wives in little ol' Wilmer, Alabama, kept up with current women's fashions. This no doubt was the result of reading magazines and newspapers and of watching movies. So from just a hairstyle we can infer a great deal about the lives of the Pierce family.

But the hairstyle does raise questions such as: Did Julia go to a beauty parlor to get her hair done? Did she do it herself at home? Or perhaps, did a neighbor woman fix her hair?

School photos: Carl and Bea

George Carl Pierce (1916-1989) always called Carl, and Beatrice Valara Pierce (1921-1993), always called Bea, pose for their 1930 Wilmer School photos.

Note Bea's eyeglasses. She had poor vision at an early age. But the glasses also show that her parents cared about her vision and took her for an eye exam. Both the glasses and the hairstyle appear fashionable.

The Pierce children may have been the offspring of a hard-working Wilmer farmer, but they weren't ragamuffins, even in the years of the Great Depression.

Pierce Creek Cemetery

A number of Pierce kin found their final resting place at Pierce Creek Cemetery. This is another in the series of cemetery photos by my good friend Larry Bell.

Pierce Creek Cemetery is located on Old Shell Road near the end of the Mobile Municipal Airport runways. The webpage with the photos also contains a map to the location.