Pearl Irene Lockett

b. 23 March 1876, d. 6 November 1956
  • Pearl Irene Lockett was born on 23 March 1876 in Texas.
  • She married Albert Shipp Pegues, son of Wesley Leatherwood Pegues and Olivia Amanda Dickinson, on 6 June 1899 in Williamson County, Texas.
  • Albert Shipp Pegues and Pearl Irene Lockett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.
  • Albert Shipp Pegues and Pearl Irene Lockett appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas. Boarding in the household were six students and two domestic servants.
  • Albert Shipp Pegues and Pearl Irene Lockett appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Highland Park, Dallas County, Texas, at 3413 Harvard Avenue.
  • Pearl Irene Lockett appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in University Park, Dallas County, Texas, at 3425 University Boulevard enumerated in the household of her sister and brother-in-law Elvie and Claude Nichols.
  • She was manager of an eating place, according to the 1930 census.
  • The following appeared on 11 February 1935 in The Amarillo Globe: (Georgetown, Feb. 11) Mrs. M. B. Lockett, 83, wife of a prominent retired merchant here and daughter of one of Texas' pioneer educators, died at her home yesterday after a long illness.
         Her father was Prof. Thomas Johnson, who founded one of the early schools of the state near Austin.
         She married M. B. Lockett Sept. 4, 1872, and moved to Georgetown in 1883. Surviving are her husband and five daughters, Mrs. W. C. Vaden and Mrs. F. D. Love of Georgetown, Mrs. Pearl Pegues and mrs. C. A. Nichols of Dallas, and Mrs. T. H. Cody of Houston.
  • Pearl Irene Lockett appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in University Park, Dallas County, Texas, at 3411-1/2 McFarlin. Also in the household was one female lodger.
  • She was employed a public school dietitian, according to the 1940 census.
  • The following appeared on 23 May 1940 in The Dallas Morning News: Mrs. Pearl Pegues, dietitian at Highland Park High School, will honor the newly elected and the retiring board of the Highland Park High School Parent-Teacher Association at a luncheon Thursday in the school cafeteria. . . .
  • The following appeared on 2 April 1943 in The Dallas Morning News: The Victory Corps of Highland Park High School is setting up a number of war projects for the spring and summer, B. W. Wiseman, principal, said Thursday.
         The production division is outlining around two basic needs--manpower and foold. A job placement bureau is preparing a list of all students who are interested in obtaining jobs, ow or duirng the summer. The card file will indicate experience, abilities, kinds of work desired from farming to clerking, and available time. The file will be placed at the disposal of employers looking for workers.
         The second project promises to help solve food scarcity problems in the school cafeteria next year. Student volunteers will gather surplus produce during the summer and brign it to the school for canning. The parent-teacher association will employ Mrs. Pearl Pegues, school dietitian, for the work. Victory gardeners will be encouraged to participate. . . .
  • Pearl Irene Lockett died on 6 November 1956 at age 80 in Williamson County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 4 Nov 2014

Family: Albert Shipp Pegues b. circa 19 February 1874, d. 27 August 1960