David E. Pierson, Sr., 84, passed Tuesday afternoon, September 20, 2022 in Majestic Care of Connersville, in the company of family. David was a native and life resident of Eaton. He was born August 13, 1938, one of three sons of the late Herbert J. and Edna L. (Weber) Pierson and graduated from Eaton High School, class of 1956. Upon his graduation from high school, Dave was a life-long stone mason, forming his own independent, non-union company. He also taught this trade to others, being selective of the quality of person he was teaching. His life-long service to the town of Eaton, included over forty years of service on the Board of Directors for Union Cemetery, where he had also served as president; A trustee for the former Eaton First Christian Church for decades and fifty-eight years with the Eaton Lions Club. He was a long-time member of the former Eaton Lodge #606 F. & A.M. (now merged into Anthony Lodge #171). He also belonged to the Scottish Rite, Valley of Indianapolis and