Ernest David Pierce;56;of 209 Grove Ave.;Belle Vernon;was dead on arrival at Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital at 8 a.m. Sunday. He was born in Long Branch on July 9;1921;son of the late Howard and Eliza Wood Pierce. He had lived in Belle Vernon since 1950;formerly residing in Charleroi and Long Branch. Mr.Pierce was a member of St.Sebastian Catholic Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3557;both of Belle Vernon. He had served with the U.S.Army during World War II. He was a craneman in the No.8 tube mill at the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was preceded in death by a son;Joseph Howard Pierce in 1947;and by a brothr;Everett Pierce. Surviving are his widow;Ann Urda Pierce;one son;Ronald D.;at home;three daughters;Mrs.Donald (Evelyn) Mowry of Ruffsdale;Mrs.William (Ernestene) Krivoski of Bellview;Neb.and Mrs. George (Dolores) Faer of Monongahels;three brothers;Howard Pierce of Flint;Mich.;and David and Ralph Pierce;both of Long Branch;five sisters;Mrs.Sarah Sisley and Mrs.Elizabeth Klingensmith;both of Long Branch;Mrs.Ruth Lytle of Monongahela;Mrs.Mildred Sanders of Detroit;Mich.and Mrs. Mae Abbott of Long Branch;and four grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Prayers will be recited at the funeral home on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.