AHOSKIE – Christine Newton Pierce, 83, of US Hwy 13 South, Ahoskie, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at Creekside Care and Rehab Center, Ahoskie. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Ahoskie. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Ahoskie. Blair Funeral Service, Edenton, is handling the arrangements.