Melvin Pierre Sr.

Melvin Pierre, Sr. 65, of Allen, TX died at 3:16 PM, Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the UT Southwestern Hospital in Dallas, TX. He was born April 30, 1948 in New Orleans, LA to the late Willie Melvin Pierre and Rose Mae Preston. He is survived by his faithful devoted wife Patricia Penn Pierre, son Melvin Pierre, Jr., grandson, Melvin Pierre, III and a sister, Linda L. Swanson of Tacoma, WA. Mr. Pierre was a long time resident of Louisiana before moving to Allen, TX in 2008. He attended New Orleans, LA public schools and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1966 as Valedictorian. He also attended Xavier University of New Orleans, University of New Orleans and Hampton University of Virginia. Mr. Pierre was the CEO of Pierre & Associates in New Orleans, LA, and District Manager for various insurance companies. He is the author of Increase Your Insurance Sales, Retention & Referrals Now! and co-author, with his wife, of A Message of Hope: From A 24 Year Cancer Survivor. Mr. Pierre is also survived by an aunt, Marion Williams, of Atlanta, GA, an uncle, Robert Preston (Gerry) of San Antonio, TX and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Willie Melvin Pierre, his mother, Rosa Mae Preston, grandmother, Esma O’Connor, uncle, Walter Preston and Stanley Williams, father and mother in law Samuel Penn, Sr. and Beatrice Scott Penn. Employees of The City of New Orleans Family Services, Allstate, Metropolitan, Progressive, RBC, AAA and Nationwide Insurance Companies, also pastors, officers and members of New Creation Baptist Church of New Orleans, LA, Christian Assembly Baptist Church of Burnside, LA, Victory Baptist Church of Stone Mountain, GA and Friendship Baptist Church, Colony, TX are invited to attend a Funeral Mass of Christian Burial at D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70125 on Friday November 13, 2013 at 11:00 AM, viewing begins at 9:00 AM. Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery and Mausoleum, 4400 Norman Meyer Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70122. Arrangements by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guidebook.