Kenneth Pierson

KENNETH LE ROY PIERSON WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 10, 1934, IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN,

TO THE LATE PERCY PIERSON AND DOROTHY ADAMS. HE WAS THE ONLY BOY OF FOUR CHILDREN, AND THE THIRD CHILD. HE GREW UP FAIRLY CLOSE TO HIS SIBLINGS LUCILLE, BARBARA AND NORMA.

KENNETH WAS AFFECTIONALLY REFERRED TO AS KENNY, BY HIS FAMILY. HE SPENT THE EARLY

PART OF HIS LIFE IN MANHATTAN, NY. HE GREW UP IN A MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLD,

WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, PARENTS AND SIBLINGS. HIS SISTER, BARBARA, WOULD PULL HIM

AROUND IN A RED FLYER WAGON. THEY STAYED CLOSE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. BARBARA

WOULD BECOME KNOWN AS HIS FAVORITE SISTER AND LATER IN LIFE NAME HER ONLY SON

KENNETH.

AT THE AGE OF 19, KENNY JOINED THE MARINE CORPS. HE WAS APART OF PLATOON 327, SEVENTH RECRUIT BATTALION, IN PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. HE WAS IN THE MILITARY FOR FIVE YEARS, BEFORE RETURNING TO BROOKLYN, NY.

KENNY LOVED HIS FAMILY, HIS WORK, JEWELRY, FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL. HE MET THE LOVE OF

HIS LIFE, DEBORAH, IN HIS LATE SIXTIES. THEY MET IN BROOKLYN, AT A BAR, WHERE DEBORAH

BARTENDED. THEY WERE INSEPARABLE AFTER THEY MET. THEY COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER

WELL. DEBORAH OR DEBBIE AS KENNY LOVINGLY REFERRED TO HER, WAS VERY OUTGOING AND

TALKATIVE WHILE KENNY WAS LAID BACK AND QUITE. THEY TIED THE KNOT ON AUGUST 16, 2016,

AFTER TWENTY-PLUS YEARS TOGETHER. THEY LIVED TOGETHER IN BROOKLYN, NY, PALM BAY, FL

AND ROCHESTER, NY. THEIR BOND WAS SPECIAL AND THEY STAYED HAPPILY MARRIED UNTIL

DEBBIE PASSED AWAY IN 2023.

KENNY WAS A HARD WORKER AND TOOK PRIDE IN THE WORK HE DID. HE SPENT MOST OF HIS

CAREER AS THE ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER, AT A&P SUPERMARKET, UNTIL HE TRANSFERRED TO BRAVO SUPERMARKET. ONCE BRAVO SUPERMARKET CLOSED, HE WENT TO WORK AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND OFF-TRACK BETTING, IN BUILDING SERVICES. KENNY RETIRED AND MOVED TO PALM BAY, FL, WITH DEBBIE, AND FINALLY TO ROCHESTER, NY, WHERE HE SPENT THE REMAINDER OF HIS DAYS.

MR KENNETH LE ROY PIERSON DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON OCTOBER 1, 2025, IN KIRKHAVEN NURSING HOME ROCHESTER NY, AT THE AGE OF 90. KENNETH WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS WIFE DEBORAH WHISONANT-PIERSON, HIS MOTHER DOROTHY ADAMS; HIS FATHER PERCY PIERSON; HIS SISTERS NORMA CREWS CHAMBLISS, LUCILLE LYDER AND BARBARA PIERSON; HIS NIECE SHERYL CREWS AND HIS NEPHEW SAMUEL WHISONANT. KENNETH LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS STEP SON AND STEP DAUGHTER; KIMBERLY JR. HOLLIER AND OMECHA HOLLIER; NIECES AND NEPHEWS OWEN III, JAMEILA, KENNETH, VADRIEN, NIKKI, ROBIN, MAUDE, SHAWN, JASMINE, NICOLE, GARY, MICHAEL AND EVETTE; 10 GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDING CHARISMA (BRANDON) DUBOIS; SISTER IN LAW DELPHINE WHISONANT; AND A HOST OF GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS.