Gloria Jean Pierce Schmidt

SHREVEPORT, LA - Memorial services for Mrs. Gloria Pierce Schmidt, 84, will be held Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel at Broadmoor United Methodist Church with Dr. Greg Davis and Rev. Kathy Wafer officiating. The family would like to welcome guests for visitation from 9:00 a.m. until time of service. Interment will follow on the grounds of Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, LA. Mrs. Schmidt was born October 27, 1930 in Bastrop, LA to the late Willie and Stella M. Pierce. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Mansfield until moving to Shreveport and joining Broadmoor United Methodist Church in 2002. Mrs. Schmidt was a graduate of Southeastern University. She was very proud to be the first person in her family to graduate from college. She taught elementary school for 12 years. She retired for good in 1968, when she married Joe Schmidt. Preceding her death were her parents and her husband of 46 years, Joe Bond Schmidt, Jr., who died January 22, 2015. Mrs. Schmidt is survived by her children, Marliese Justice Griffith and husband Jim, and David Pierce Justice; grandchildren, Lane Griffith King and husband Paul, Bailey David Griffith and wife Megan; and her great-grandson, James Forrest King. Pallbearers will be; Bailey Griffith, Paul King, Ben Samuels, Scott Noone, Kenneth Lee and Derek Deas.