Through their Pay it Forward initiative, members of Theta Delta Lambda helped 58 families with their grocery purchases Saturday to honor Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Theta Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. surprised 58 families by paying for their groceries Saturday, Jan. 13 at a Walmart in Northeast El Paso. The fraternity is on its third year of organizing the “Pay it Forward” service […]
He was a brilliant man, he said.
Freeze said Pierce also helped him write his dissertation while attending graduate school.
Ouachita Parish School Board member Rev. Harold McCoy regarded Pierce as a mentor after meeting him as a teenager. I started involving myself in community service in the early 70s and Mr. Pierce was one of the individuals who was highly regarded as a mentor, he said. He was more of a hands-on type mentor. He didn t socially distance himself from many of the younger guys who were in the next cadre of leadership.
McCoy praised Pierce for his dedication as a deacon at the New Tabernacle Baptist Church in Monroe.