September 12, 1948- Chicago Tribune

A. PIERCE WITHERS - Died in Chicago at the Edgewater Beach Hotel while 
visiting his sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Armour of Lake Forest and Mrs. Clive 
Runnells of Chicago.Pierce's grandfather was Shanghai Pierce of Texas, a 
pioneer cattleman there. Pierce Withers's remains were buried in Texas.

B. PIERCE WITHERS - Died of a heart attack at age 53.