SERVICES FOR WIER TODAY

10/09/1900-11/22/1971

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ROBERT G. WIER, RETIRED OWNER OF WIER DRUG STORE, WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 THIS MORNING FROM THE WELCH FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL.

A NATIVE OF STARKVILLE, MR. WIER WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.

THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT MEMORIALS BE DONATIONS TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, OR OTHER CHARITIES.

BURIAL WILL BE IN ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY WITH WELCH FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. MEMBERS OF THE STARKVILLE ROTARY CLUB WILL BE HONORARY PALLBEARERS.

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RITES FOR WIER SET FOR WEDNESDAY

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ROBERT G. WIER, RETIRED OWNER OF WIER DRUG STORE, WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 THIS MORNING FROM THE WELCH FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL.

MR WIER, 72, DIED MONDAY MORNING AT OSCHNERS FOUNDATION HOSPITAL IN NEW ORLEANS.

A NATIVE OF STARKVILLE HE WAS A METHODIST AND VERY ACTIVE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS.

MR. WIER WAS A ROTARIAN AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE STARKVILLE ROTARY CLUB, A MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE OKTIBBEHA COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CHAIRMAN OF THE STARKVILLE FEDERAL HOUSING ARTHORITY, AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE STARKVILLE TV CABLE CO. HE WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE SECURITY STATE BANK.

A BACKER OF MISSISSIPPI STATE'S ATHLETIC PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS. MR. WIER WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE STARKVILLE QUARTERBACK CLUB AND FOLLOWED THIS YEAR'S FOOTBALL TEAM UP UNTIL HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MRS ANNIE LOTTIE WIER, A DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW, MR. & MRS JAMES H PARKER, TWO SISTERS, MISS LOUIE WIER OF STARKVILLE AND MRS WINSTON E. WHEAT, PENSACOLA, FLA.: AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN.

THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT MEMORIALS BE DONATIONS TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, OR OTHER CHARITIES.

BURIAL WILL BE IN ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY WITH WELCH FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.