Allie B. Keener

Allie B. Keener

• Father: Lawson Keener
• Mother: Allie Carter

• Allie B. Keener was born on 27 May 1876 in Texas.
• She married Alex Pittman Pegues, son of Massilon Pittman Pegues and Eliza Moore Hutchings, circa 1899.
• Massilon Pittman Pegues and Eliza Moore Hutchings appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Dallas, Texas, at 177 Simpson. Other members of the household included Allie B. Keener, Alex Pittman Pegues, Oliver Thomas Pegues, Ben Henry Pegues, Emma Pegues, Phillip Alston Pegues, Allie Dee Pegues, Mack Pegues, Perry Purcell Pegues and John A. Pegues. Also in the household was Eliza's unmarried sister Alice Hutchings (age 28.)
• Allie B. Keener became a widow at the 11 September 1926 death of her husband Alex Pittman Pegues.
• The following appeared on 13 September 1926 in The Dallas Morning News: Funeral services for Alex P. Pegues, 52, who died suddenly at his home, 121 South Marlborough avenue, Saturday afternoon, will be held at the residence at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, with the Rev. W. O. Barnett, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in New Oak Cliff Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be M. T. Borwn, Carey King, A. G. Moore, C. H. Yeager, Hal Ferris and C. H. Schutte. Honorary pallbearers will be Louis S. Turley, Henry Tanner, Charles Gunning and Sam Duncan.
       Mr. Pegues was formerly Chief of Police in Highland Park and also was for several years on the Dallas detective force. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Allie Pegues, two sons, Alex P. Jr. and James H. Pegues; five brothers, O. T., Perry, P. A. Pegues, Dallas; Mack Pegues, Fort Worth, and John A. Pegues, San Antonio, and two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Holt, McAllen, and Mrs. J. L. Stedman, San Antonio.
• The following appeared on 29 June 1941 in The Dallas Morning News: (Longview, June 28) Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at a local funeral home for Mrs. Henry Reynolds, who was killed Friday night when a freight train struck her car at a crossing. She was hurled fifty feet by the impact, and died in an ambulance before reaching the hospital.
       She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Rogers Lacy and Mrs. Jere Turner, both of Longview, and Mrs. Allie Pegues, Dallas; a daughter, Mrs. Willis Howard, Houston.
• At the time of her death Allie B. Keener was living in Dallas, Texas, at 121 South Marlborough.
• Allie B. Keener died on 6 November 1962 at age 86 in Dallas, Texas, at Colonial Acres . Her death was officially witnessed by James Henry Pegues.
• She was interred at Laurel Land Memorial Park (aka New Oak Cliff Cemetery), Dallas, Texas.
• The following appeared on 7 November 1962 in The Dallas Morning News: [Died] Mrs. Alex Pegues, 121 South Marlborough. Survived by son James H. Pegues, Dallas, sisters Mrs. J. C. Turner, Mrs. Rogers Lacy, both of Longview. Arrangements pending.

• Last Edited: 5 Mar 2015

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