MACK PIERCE
July 3, 1932-Nov. 3, 2013
Lawrence Maxton "Mack" Pierce, 81, passed away peacefully Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, at his home.
Mack was born in Wayne County July 3, 1932, to the late Bertie Lawrence Pierce and Alma Montague Pierce.
Along with his family, Mack owned and operated Nahunta Pork Center. Nahunta Pork Center first opened its doors in 1975 to serve the small rural community of Nahunta with sausage and fresh pork products.
Nahunta Pork Center was actually a spinoff of Nahunta Hog Market and Slaughter House, which had been in business since the mid-1950s as a hog buying station and custom slaughtering plant.
In May of 1975, Mack remodeled a bulk tobacco barn and began a small pork retail center. Today Nahunta Pork Center is the largest all pork retail displayer in the eastern United States.
For more than 70 years, Mack had been a member of Nahunta Friends Meeting. He was devoted to his church, sang in the church choir for more than 62 years and was the song leader for Sunday school for 37 years.
He also served the church as an elder, finance committee member, youth leader and Sunday school teacher, and was involved in many other activities, where he utilized his gifts and abilities to share the love of God.
Mack lived a life of dedication to his family and friends, and to his community.
He served his community many ways from serving on the Branch Bank and Trust Company Board for 20 years to his work as a trustee at Mount Olive College for 10 years.
He was also one of the founding members of the Nahunta Fire Department, and served as a fireman for 15 years.
A service remembering the life of Mack will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at The Bridge Church, 188 Whitley Church Road, Princeton, with pastor Eric Woods and pastor Ken Spivey officiating. A private interment for the family will be Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, at Wayne Memorial Park.
Mack is survived by his wife of 61 years, Jean Hardison Pierce, and his sons, Lawrence Maxton "Larry" Pierce Jr. and wife, Rita Lynch Pierce, of Goldsboro and James Frederick "Freddie" Pierce and wife, Amy Sutton Pierce, of Goldsboro.
He is also survived by his grandchildren, Brandon Pierce and wife, Mandy, Lauren Pierce, Lindley Pierce and Anna Pierce, whom they affectionately called "Pig Pop."
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Milo Pierce and Cedric Pierce, and his sisters, Marjorie P. Radford, Blanche P. Davis and Wilda P. Haswell.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Nahunta Friends Church Building Fund, 2537 N.C. 581 North, Pikeville, N.C., 27863, or the Jean H. and L. Mack Pierce Library Endowment Fund at Mount Olive College, 634 Henderson St., Mount Olive, N.C., 28365.
The family will greet friends Tuesday in the hour prior to the service and immediately following the service at The Bridge Church, and other times at his home.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.seymourfuneralhome.com.
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Published in Obituaries on November 4, 2013 1:51 PM