Smyth County fire victim dies

The fire happened last Thursday in the Adwolfe community

POSTED: 5:43 AM Dec 12 2012   UPDATED: 8:44 AM Dec 12 2012
Smyth Co fire death
ADWOLFE, Va. -

A woman severely injured in a house fire last week died from those injuries.

The fire happened last Thursday in Smyth County, Virginia.

Adwolfe firefighters say they found 46-year-old Geneva Ann Holman Pierce in the bathtub in her home on Tipton Lane.

According to her obituary posted on Bradley's Funeral Home's website, Pierce died Monday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. That's where rescuers flew her the morning of the fire.

Pierce's funeral will be Thursday.