The City of Monroe remembers former Mayor Abe Edward Pierce III
"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 ...
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