HEBRON – Edith “Edie” Baillie Pierson, 67, died at her home in Hebron on Sunday, Jan. 28.

Born on Dec. 7, 1939, in Kilmarnock, Scotland, Edie was the daughter of James and Davina (Pearson) McCracken.

She graduated from Kilmarnock Academy. With her first husband, Floyd Ellison, she eventually settled in Missouri and became a U.S. citizen in 1965.

Edie was employed as a receptionist at Hebron Academy, where her love for the students, and in particular, for that school’s hockey team, was a great source of joy in her life and in the lives of those students. For nearly 10 years, until 1998, she was the owner of Edie’s, a pizza takeout and delivery shop.

She had a great love for animals, her cats especially, and was a passionate advocate for environmental causes. She was an active member and supporter of the Maine Green Party and she had a unique and wonderful talent for knitting.

She married her second husband, William T. Pierson Jr., on Dec. 6, 1974, in Miami, Okla., and they moved with their daughter to Maine in 1981.

Edie is survived by one daughter, Heather Pierson of Fryeburg; one brother, William McCracken of London, England; and many nieces and nephews.

She is predeceased by a son, James Ellison, and her husband, William.