Mack Pegues

b. 31 January 1890, d. 5 September 1967
  • Mack Pegues was born on 31 January 1890 in Clinton, Hinds County, Mississippi.
  • 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 Mack Pegues, Alex Pittman Pegues, Allie B. Keener, Oliver Thomas Pegues, Ben Henry Pegues, Emma Pegues, Phillip Alston Pegues, Allie Dee Pegues, Perry Purcell Pegues and John A. Pegues. Also in the household was Eliza's unmarried sister Alice Hutchings (age 28.)
  • Mack Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 914 Monroe rooming at the YMCA.
  • He was employed as a book salesman, according to the 1910 census.
  • Mack Pegues registered for the draft in Tarrant County, Texas, while single and living at 515 West 5th Street in Fort Worth, employed there by The Fair department store, and attending Officers' Training Camp in Leon Springs.
  • He served in the military during World War I as a 2nd Lieutenant with Mississippi field Artillery.
  • He married Lila Bass, daughter of Thomas Bridges Bass and Sarah Case Joblin, circa 1923.
  • He was employed as superintendent of a retail drygoods business, according to the 1930 census.
  • He officially witnessed the death of Phillip Alston Pegues on 16 August 1932 at Cook Memorial Hospital in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
  • Mack Pegues registered for the draft in 1942 in Tarrant County, Texas, while living with his wife at 3800 Potomac Street in Fort Worth, and employed there by The Fair department store.
  • At the time of his death, his usual residence was in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 3800 Potomac.
  • Mack Pegues died on 5 September 1967 at age 77 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at Stanford Convalescent Center . Informant was Mrs. M. P. Pegues.
  • He was interred at Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 22 Feb 2015

Family: Lila Bass b. 24 April 1898, d. 27 November 1976