Stevie Russell Tierce had a “genuine heart” and was “very compassionate,” said Wendell Dutton, director of missions for Cherokee Baptist Association. Tierce, who was a second-generation pastor of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Centre, passed away Feb. 1. He was 59.  Pilgrim Rest Baptist was destroyed by an April 11, 2011, tornado. A few months later on July 3, 2011, Tierce…