Bass Cat founder and former Mtn. Home Mayor Ron Pierce remembered

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     A former Mountain Home mayor, business leader, outdoors man and Chairman of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission board of directors, Ron Pierce has died at the age of 81. Pierce served as mayor of Mountain Home from 1977 to 1985 during a period when Mountain Home’s current mayor, Joe Dillard, was Baxter County’s judge. Dillard, who calls Pierce a great leader, says they worked together on many projects.

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     An entrepreneur, Pierce and his wife Jan began Bass Cat Boats, considered one of the industry’s highest quality bass fishing boats in their two car garage. Today the company, run by Pierce’s son Rick, is located in a Midway industrial park with over 100 employees. Dillard speaks of that business’s success.


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     In 2006, Pierce was selected by then Governor Mike Huckabee to serve a seven year term on the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission. Loren Hitchcock, a former director of the commission, recalls his first meeting with Pierce in the early 1990’s. At the time, Hitchcock was chief of the commission’s enforcement division. He says he went to Pierce to inquire about purchasing Bass Cat Boats for wildlife enforcement officers to use while on patrol in the field.


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     Hitchcock says Pierce brought his wealth of knowledge as a businessman to the commission, which has over 600 employees and a multimillion dollar budget.


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     Hitchcock calls Pierce a great man and says it was an honor and pleasure to work with him. He remembers Pierce as a family man who loved his children, grandchildren and especially his wife, Jan.


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     Funeral services for 81 year old Ron Pierce, who died Sunday, are pending at Roller Funeral Home.




   

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