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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Morticians Supply Company

409 N. Zangs Blvd.  -  P.O. Box 4146  -  Dallas, Texas  -  Phone W-3128 

Founded in 1934 by W. H. "Bill" Pierce, a native of Carbondale, Illinois. The original building on the west side of Zang between 7th and 8th Streets was replaced in 1958. Pierce also founded the Dallas Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science and was a long-time Oak Cliff booster. He spear-headed "Operation Forward" in 1961, a long-range plan to revitalize Oak Cliff's image locally and nationally. He died in 1998.


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