ROLLING FORK — Funeral services for Melissa Estelle Brown Pierce, 64, of Rolling Fork will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 30, 2023 at New Beginnings Fellowship Church in Greenville. She died in a tragic disaster (tornado) along with her husband, Lonnie in Rolling Fork on Friday, March 24, 2023. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery in Rolling Fork, MS under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Greenville.
She was born on December 5, 1958 in Savannah, TN moving to Rolling Fork at an early age where she attended school. She was employed with the prison in Issaquena County and Deer Creek Baptist Church.
She loved family photos and was always helping others and volunteering.
She is survived by daughter, Christy Phillips (Donavon) of Morton, MS; sons, David Brown of Tallulah, LA, Dale Pierce (Leah) of Danville, VA and Rodney Pierce (Tasha) of Hollandale, MS; sisters, Sue Foster, Kathleen McDaniel and Faye Livingston; brothers, Billy Ray Brown, James Brown and Author Brown; grandchildren, Colby Phillips, Finnlee Brown, Gage Saulter, Aiden Pierce, Madeline Brumfield, and Katie Pierce and a host of nieces and nephews.
There will be a visitation from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. on Thursday prior to the services at the church.