Rebecca Evans Pegues

b. 1 October 1899, d. 14 September 1987
  • Rebecca Evans Pegues was born on 1 October 1899 in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
  • Malachi Christopher Pegues and Ida Johnson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Rebecca Evans Pegues, Alexander Hamilton Pegues, Anna Belle Pegues and Lizzie (?)
  • Malachi Christopher Pegues and Ida Johnson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Crawford, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Rebecca Evans Pegues, Malachi Christopher Pegues Jr. Also in the household were one female domestic servant and two male farm laborers.
  • The following appeared on 18 July 1922 in the Corsicana Daily Sun: (Dallas, July 18) Announcement has been received of the marriage of Jack Matchett, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Matchett, 2609 1-2 Maple avenue, and Miss Rebecca Evans Pegues, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Pegues of Columbus, Miss. Mrs. Matchett is well known in Dallas, where she was women's athletic director at Southern Methodist University during the last year. Mr. Matchett has been a student in the university for several years.
         Mr. and Mrs. Jack Matchett and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Matchett will leave Wednesday for an automobile trip to Colorado. On their return about Sept. 1, the young couple will be a home at 26 1-2 Maple avenue.
  • She married Jack Farrar Matchett circa 1923.
  • Rebecca Evans Pegues became a widow at the 22 January 1986 death of her husband Jack Farrar Matchett.
  • Rebecca Evans Pegues died on 14 September 1987 at age 87 in Duval County, Florida.
  • Last Edited: 10 Feb 2015