Homer Pearce was born at Ozark, Missouri. He moved with his family
      to Coats, Kansas, and had all his grade and high school education there.
      He moved to Sun City in 1924 and worked at the gypsum quarry about nine
      months. His parents were Jesse Henry and Daisy Price Pearce. They, with
      his two brothers, Junior and Harry, and sister, Helen, had moved to Sun
      City in 1922. Homer moved back to Coats and worked on farms until November
      1928, when he started working in the Post Office for Postmaster Mollie
      Harris. He succeeded Mrs. Harris as Postmaster, October, 1942. His hobby
      has been woodworking.
        He married Hattie Mae Staker in 1935, and they established their home
      in Sun City. Hattie Mae was born near Tangier, Oklahoma. She lost her
      parents at an early age and was adopted by John William and Etta Maddox 
      Staker. They lived on a farm near Ashley, Oklahoma. In 1926 they moved
      to a farm near Sharon, Kansas. They wre members of the Nine Cottonwood
      Brethern Church in their community. Hattie Mae attended Joint School
      District 87-94 for her eighth grade. Then she attended Sharon High School,
      graduating in 1931. Her favorite girlhood pastimes were horseback riding
      and sewing. She moved with her parents to Coats, Kansas in February, 1935.
      Later that summer she started teaching piano at Sun City, and continued
      several years after marrying and moving to Sun City. She helped her husband
      at the Post Office, becoming clerk and Assistant Postmaster, filling in when
      Mr. Pearce was on vacation. Homer retired as Postmaster in June 1972, as she
      retired also. They were honored with a lovely retirement supper and gift
      by the community in September 1972.
        The Pearces still reside in Sun City and attend the Baptist Church, where
      she is pianist. They raise a small vegetable garden and flowers in the
      summertime, canning fruits and vegetables as available. Both enjoy good
      health.
        Homer has been a cooperative weather observer for the United States
      Weather Service since July, 1940.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 360 
     Submitted by: Hattie Me Pearce