On March 24, the Texas Funeral Service Commission officially licensed Dynasty Memorial ­Mortuary (Houston), and the firm served its first family the next day at the new location. The firm is owned by 24-year-old Clarence Stephan Arkeale Pierre Jr.

Pierre is a native Houstonian with Louisiana roots. A licensed minister since age 12 by Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Pastor E.L. Burnside, Pierre was ordained at age 20 by New Deliverance Charismatic Church under the leadership of co-pastors Abel and Linda Jolivette.

He is a 2014 graduate of Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School and an NFDA-certified crematory operator. He completed Level II funeral director certification from the San Antonio College mortuary science program, holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and is a proud member of the Rho Sigma Gamma Mortuary Fraternity.

Pierre also appeared in a 2020 documentary by FourthLine Films titled, The Passing On. dynastymemorial.com