Willie Grey Pegues

Willie Grey Pegues

• Father: William Crosland Pegues b. 3 September 1838, d. 14 January 1899
• Mother: Junietta Rosalee Whittington b. 8 December 1854, d. 12 February 1926

• Willie Grey Pegues was born on 4 March 1889 in Texas.
• Willie Grey Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, boarding in the household of widow Allis Martin.
• She was employed as a stenographer by Armour P? Company, according to the 1910 census.
• She married John Emanuel Prudhomme, son of Charles N. Prudhomme and Emily Eliza Hyams, on 11 October 1911.
• John Emanuel Prudhomme registered for the draft on 17 September 1918 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, while living with his wife at 236 Wall Street in Shreveport, employed there as a salesman by Henry Rose Mercantile & Manufacturing Company.
• John Emanuel Prudhomme and Willie Grey Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, at 236 Vine. Other members of the household included Charles Prudhomme.
• John Emanuel Prudhomme and Willie Grey Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, at 304 Rutherford. Other members of the household included John Emanuel Prudhomme Jr.
• John Emanuel Prudhomme and Willie Grey Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, at 304 Rutherford. Other members of the household included John Emanuel Prudhomme Jr.
• John Emanuel Prudhomme (and Willie Grey Pegues) appeared in the 1953 Shreveport, Louisiana, City Directory at 304 Rutherford listied as "John L (Willie)," John in the real estate business. John died in 1953, and this is the last Shreveport directory listing him with an occupation, but in 1955, they are listed as "John E (Willie)" at 304 Rutherford..
• Willie Grey Pegues became a widow at the 15 December 1953 death of her husband John Emanuel Prudhomme.
• The following appeared on 16 December 1953 in the Monroe News-Star: (Shreveport, La.) John E Prudhomme, 74, a resident of Shreveport for 60 years and a retired realtor, died following a heart attack Tuesday. He had been ill about two years.

• Last Edited: 10 Sep 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders