Patricia Ann Tolbert Peirce

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Thursday, January 14, 2010, at the First Christian Church in Miami, with Rev. Tom Stribling, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Happy, Pastor Billy Holland of First Christian Church of Miami, and George Lundberg, minister of the Miami Church of Christ, officiating. BURIAL: Miami Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Peirce was born December 27, 1949 in Dallas to Bill and Margaret Tolbert. She was raised in Miami, and graduated from Miami High School in 1968. Pat continued her education at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri and obtained degrees from various universities with a Master's Degree in special education. Pat was an educator and she truly loved learning as much as teaching. Through this passion, she has touched countless numbers of lives in positive ways. She was the director of Casa Guadalupe, level one MHMR and group homes in Seguin. She worked for Miami ISD as the special education teacher, and then moved on to take care of 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle, working for Region 16 as an education specialist for the visually impaired. In 2006, she received the Julia L. Young award, recognizing her for outstanding work with children who are visually impaired. Pat had a way of bringing out the very best in all of her children.After retiring, Pat loved to spend time with her grandchildren, and she was elated about her twin granddaughters due in February 2010. One of her favorite mottos to live by was "Do something nice for someone every day."SURVIVORS: husband: Joe Peirce of the home; 3 daughters: Kimbra Peirce, and Kara McClendon and husband Ike, all of Miami, and Kate Miller and husband Jeff of Lubbock; her mother: Margaret Tolbert of Miami; 2 grandchildren: Kyler McClendon and Konnar McClendon; twin girls are on the way, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her father: Bill Tolbert; and a sister: Betty Lou Tolbert.MEMORIALS: First Christian Church of Miami, or the Roberts County Museum, P.O. Box 306, Miami, Texas 79059.