Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....ANDERSON, JOHN PIERCE May 26, 2017
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JOHN PIERCE ANDERSON

John Pierce Anderson, 81, died on May 26, 2017, in Campti, LA. after a 
lengthy illness. Funeral services were held May 29, 2017 and interment 
followed at Black Lake Full Gospel Cemetery in Campti. John was born June 
26, 1935, in Ansley, LA, the youngest of six children to Cleve and Lena Bell 
Anderson. He was educated in the public schools of Louisiana and attended 
Louisiana Technical College in Ruston on a track scholarship. He graduated 
from Louisiana Tech and began teaching and coaching basketball and track in 
Summerfield, LA and later at Stonewall. After experiencing the low pay of 
the teaching profession, John decided to change careers, and entered the 
life insurance business with a company in Oklahoma. After several successful 
years John decided to start his own insurance marketing company. In November 
of 1976, with the assistance of his wife Doyce, he organized and began the 
operation of Professional Marketing of America. PMA is one of America's 
great success stories, growing from an infant in 1976 to one of the largest 
insurance marketing organizations in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, 
Alabama, Texas and Florida. He was a hard worker and expected a tremendous 
amount of himself. He also had a magnetic personality to which people were 
naturally drawn, and he believed our only limits are those that we impose 
upon ourselves. Recognized for his ability, advice and judgment, he never 
gave up teaching, assisting many, young and old alike, to accomplish their 
goals and fulfill their dreams. John was a lifelong Baptist. An avid reader 
while his eyesight allowed, his hobbies included sports, travel and fishing. 
Throughout his life, John loved all sports and enjoyed a long time 
involvement in the athletic programs at both Northwestern State University 
and Louisiana Tech. John and Doyce traveled extensively. John especially 
loved Kona, on the big island of Hawaii, listening to the waves crashing 
onto the shore. He loved their condo in Santa Fe and so enjoyed burning 
pinion wood that upon leaving, he would have it shipped home. More recently, 
he enjoyed the condo in Hot Springs, going as often as possible. John loved 
trying new restaurants, but upon each return home, he realized he actually 
preferred Miss Annie's cooking over them all. John was an avid fisherman and 
loved his fishing buddies at Chandler's Camp and spent many hours fishing on 
Black Lake. John was always open to loading his plane with as many as 
possible, to take with him, always looking forward to the day he could 
return to Black Lake to stay. John had a wonderful sense of humor, was a 
loving husband and father, and will be dearly missed by his family and 
friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and one 
sister, daughters, Amy Anderson and Debbie Moncrief, and son, Roy Barnes. He 
is survived by his loving wife, Doyce Faye Anderson of Campti; brother, 
Algon Anderson of Jamestown, CA; sister-in-law, Hilda Hancock of Campti; two 
daughters, Carol Anderson Binding (Ron) of Ft. Myers, FL. and Ramona 
Anderson Patton (Robert) of Edmond, OK; one son, Andy Anderson of Nashville, 
TN; grandchildren, Taylor Binding, Kelly Binding, Lena Maxwell, Jake Bruley, 
Riley Patton, Josh Barnes, Karen Nicole Barnes, Justin Williams, Jessica 
Diamond, Aaron Moncrief, Jordan Goetz, Hannah Goetz, along with great 
grandchildren, Zane, Nash, Austin, Kaylee, Jayden, Taylor, Shawn, Bastian 
and Caleb. The family would like to give special thanks to all the nurses, 
who lovingly cared for John. Memorials may be made to the Louisiana 
Methodist Children's Home, 904 DeVille Lane, Ruston, LA 71270

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