Alfred Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim was born Could 8, 1928. Bo and his brother Aubrey began Pilgrim’s Pleasure in 1946 after they opened a feed retailer in Pittsburg, Texas. Bo grew to become CEO after Aubrey’s demise in 1966. Pilgrim’s Pleasure continued rising and have become one of many nation’s largest hen producers. After an organization buyout the headquarters moved to Colorado and Bo retired in 2010.
Bo later began Pilgrim Financial institution in Pittsburg and Mount Nice. The financial institution added greater than a dozen branches earlier than his demise at age 89 on July 21, 2017. Many are nonetheless in operation at this time with branches in Pittsburg, Mount Nice, Sulphur Springs, Wichita Falls and surrounding areas, and the Texas Panhandle.
Bo and his spouse Patty had been philanthropists who funded development of the Patty and Bo Pilgrim Most cancers Middle in Mount Nice and the Patty and Bo Pilgrim Chapel at Dallas Baptist College. Additionally they financed the Prayer Tower alongside Freeway 11 in Pittsburg with Indiana limestone, a chapel, and a 75-foot tower with 4 Placard Bells from France.
Pilgrim’s basis just lately donated $1.45 million for a brand new constructing mission referred to as the Pilgrims’ Group Middle in Mount Nice. The aim of the middle is to assist communities the place the corporate operates and workers stay. Learn extra in regards to the new middle in County Line eMagazine.