Robert Hughes Harvey

b. 27 October 1921, d. 19 September 2011
  • Robert Hughes Harvey was born on 27 October 1921 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi.
  • The following appeared on 1 January 1953 in The Winona Times: Services for Clarence Charles Harvey, Sr., president of the Winona Dry Kiln Co., were held at Immanuel Episcopal Church at 10:30 Saturday morning, January 3rd, with the Rev. Jones Hamilton of Greenwood and the Rev. R. S. Lowe of Winona officiating. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery with Oliver Funeral Home in charge.
         Serving as active pallbearers were J. W. Bowen, G. F. Ebert, B. F. Heath, C. M. Jaco, W. O. Lisenby, H.W. Peterson, N. D. Stringer and W. D. Trewolla.
         Mr. Harvey died at his home Thursday afternoon. He was born April 14, 1892, in Scott County, Miss., the son of Annie Laurie Jones and Robert Huey Harvey, and came to Winona about 24 years ago.
         He was a veteran of World War I; a member of the American Legion Post here; a former secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and a communicant of Episcopal Church. He was active in civic and religious affairs.
         Mr. Harvey was married Miss Ezilda Pegues on Aug. 14, 1917.
         He leaves his wife; five sons, Nicholas P. Harvey of Long Island, N. Y., Clarence C. Harvey, Jr., Robert H. Harvey, Joseph M. Harvey and E. Malcolm Harvey of Rouge, Louisiana ; two sisters Mrs. Leonora Atkinson ol Sumrall, Miss., and Miss Annie Lois Morris of Prentiss, two half-sisters, Mrs. Ray Hamilton of Harpersville, Miss., and Mrs. Ray Barnett of Bath, N.Y; two brothers, Otis L. Harvey of Jackson, Miss., and Elbert H. Harvey of Louisville, Ky; three half-brothers, Barbour Harvey of Pelahatchie, Jimmy Harvey of Fort Sill, Okla., and Oliver Harvey of Lake, Miss; and ten grandchildren.
  • The following appeared on 16 April 1970 in The Winona Times: Mrs. Ezilda Pegues Harvey, wife of the late Clarence C. Harvey of Winona, died April 10 at Tyler Holmes Hospital after an illness of several weeks. She was 74 years old.
         A native of Carrollton, Mrs. Harvey was a charter member of the Winona Woman's Club and a charter member of Nick T. Pegues Post 52 American Legion Auxiliary, and was active in both organizations for several years.
         She was a communicant of Immanuel Episcopal Church.
         Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at the Episcopal Church, with Rev. Michael Bell officiating. Burial was in the Oakwood cemetery, Winona Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
         Surviving are five sons, Clarence C. Harvey, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Nicholas Pegues Harvey, Long Island, New York; Robert H. Harvey, Short Hills, New Jersey; Joseph M. Harvey, New Providence, New Jersey; and Edwin Malcolm Harvey, Newnan, Georgia; and 17 grandchildren.
         Pallbearers were George Harris, Rufus Gardner, Aubrey Boone, Jack Harris, John Blake, and Joe Simpson.
  • Robert Hughes Harvey died on 19 September 2011 at age 89.
  • He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi.
  • The following appeared on 1 November 2012 in The Winona Times & Conservative: (Naples, Fla.) -- Robert Hughes Harvey, 89, of Naples, Fla., and formerly of New Vernon, N.J., died on September 19, 2011, following complications from a stroke. Raised in Winona, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Ezilda Pegues Harvey and Clarence Charles Harvey, and brother of the late Malcolm, Clarence, and Nicholas Harvey, as well as brother of Joseph, who survives him.
         Mr. Harvey was a devoted employee of the Exxon Corporation for 35 years, with a brilliant career that began in 1948 as a process engineer at the Baton Rouge refinery and culminated with his retirement in 1983 as Corporate Vice President, Communications and Computer Sciences. During World War II, Mr. Harvey volunteered for the Army Air Corps, where he served as an armament and chemical officer in the Medium Bomb Department, and was discharged as a Captain in 1946.
         He graduated from LSU in 1948 magna cum laude with a degree in Chemical Engineering, and was a member of the varsity tennis team. Mr. Harvey served for ten years on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Morris County, and as its Chairman for two years; he was Vice President of Morris Sussex Boy Scouts of America, for which he received the Silver Beaver and the William H. Spurgeon III awards, and served as Vice President of the Colonial Symphony of New Jersey. An avid and competitive athlete, he excelled at golf and tennis, having won the Mississippi high school doubles tennis championship in 1939, and the singles championship the following year. He went on to win many club championships in both golf and tennis.
         Devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, he is survived by his wife of 63 years, Corinne Pascal Harvey, formerly of New Orleans; six children Fred, Tom, Elizabeth, Tim, Anita and James; 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
         He is dearly remembered for his playful sense of humor, his wise guidance, his love of life, family and friends, and his pursuit of excellence in everything that he did.
         As he had fond memories of his youth in Winona, his ashes were interred in a family plot in Oakwood Cemetery on October 27, 2012, in a private ceremony.
  • Last Edited: 3 Mar 2015