Anthony Pierce

Anthony “Tony” Harold Pierce was born Dec. 31, 1976, at the Custer (S.D.) Community Hospital to Harold and Barbara Pierce of Custer. He joined a brother, Gene, and a sister, Mishawn. He was educated in the Custer schools. He married Desarae Meredith of Chadron, Neb., July 5, 2002. The couple had three children.
A lifetime resident of the Black Hills of South Dakota, Tony was a truck driver most of his life. He was diagnosed with muscular sclerosis in 2008. He was caught in the blizzard of 2016 and was lost for a period of 27 hours.
Tony began his final journey and earned his wings March 28, 2022. He died at Monument Health in Rapid City, S.D., as a result of COVID-19. He was 45.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Leslie Pierce and Lorraine Griffin; maternal grandparents Gene and Louise Goins; step-sister, Dawn Pierce; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Grateful for having had the opportunity to share his life are his parents, Harold of Custer and Barbara of Rapid City; children, Shawn of  Rapid City and Kaleah and Kiera of Chadron; brothers, Gene Pierce of Tennessee and Ryan (Kate) Pierce of Bagdad, Ariz.; sister, Mishawn (Jason) Larson of Lewiston, Mont.; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held  Friday, April 1 at 2 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Keystone, S.D.

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