Mary Pegues

b. 8 October 1898, d. 31 January 1955
  • Mary Pegues was born on 8 October 1898 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi.
  • Nicholas T. Pegues and Sophia Rebecca (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi, enumerated next to Nick's brother Paul. Other members of the household included Mary Pegues, Nicholas T. Pegues Jr. and Ezilda Pegues.
  • Nicholas T. Pegues and Sophia Rebecca (?) appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi, at Powell Street near the household of Nick's brother Paul. Other members of the household included Mary Pegues, Nicholas T. Pegues Jr., Ezilda Pegues and James McClellan Pegues. Also in the household was Tennessee-born Joella C. Shugog (age 65), identified as a cousin.
  • She married James P. Bailey.
  • The following appeared on 8 September 1944 in The Winona Times: Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Rebecca Pegues, 70, were conducted by Rev. Hamilton Jones at the Immanuel Episcopal Church, Winona, at 3:00 p. m. Tuesday. She passed away at a Jackson hospital Monday.
         The Pegues family were pioneers of Montgomery County, Mrs. Pegues husband, the late Nick T. Pegues, Sr., was connected with the Pegues Hardware Company for a number of years, then with the Winona Hardware Company. He died in 1934.
         Mrs. Pegues was a Gold Star mother, having lost two sons during World War I. Nicholas T. Pegues, Jr., was killed in France a few minutes before the Armistice was declared. The local American Legion post was named in his honor. James Pegues was working in a defense plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he was burned and died. Mrs. Pegues was born near Rocky Springs, Claiborne County, Miss.
         The deceased is survived by: Two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Harvey, Winona, and Mrs. Frank Albers, Fairhope, Ala; a sister Mrs. W. A. Wilson, Durham, N. C; five grandsons, Clarence C. Harvey, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., Capt. Nicholas P. Harvey, U. S. Army Air Corps, overseas, Lt. Robert H. Harvey, U. S. Army Air Corps, Eglin Field, Fla., Pvt. Joseph M. Harvey, U. S. Army Air Corps, Keesler Field, Miss., and E. Malcolm Harvey, Winona.
         Active pallbearers were: C. M. Jaco, W. H. Peterson, Geo. H. Flowers, S. B. Bridges, J. E. Mortimer and Mark Bennett.
         Funeral arrangements were in charge of Oliver Funeral Home.
  • Mary Pegues died on 31 January 1955 at age 56 in Mobile, Alabama.
  • Her husband James P. Bailey became a widower at her death.
  • She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Alabama.
  • The following appeared on 4 February 1955 in The Winona Times: Mrs. Mary P. Bailey. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Pegues Bailey, 56, who died at the Mobile Infirmary, Mobile, Alabama, on January 31, were held at Fairhope, Alabama, February 2 at 10 a. m. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery, Winona, under the direction of Lee Funeral Home. Rev. Jones Hamilton of Greenwood had charge of graveside rites. [:CR;]      Mrs. Bailey was born October 8, 1898, at Winona, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nick T. Pegues. She was a graduate of Mississippi State College for Women, Columbus, and taught in the elementary schools of Mississippi for a number of years and at Fairhope, Alabama, several years. She was a member of the Episcopal Church. [:CR;]      Survivors include her husband, James P. Bailey; one sister, Mrs. C. C. Harvey, Winona; and five nephews, Clarence, Robert, Joseph and Malcolm Harvey, all of Baton Rouge, La., and Nicholas P. Harvey, Locust Valley, L. I., New York. [:CR;]      Pallbearers were Billy Flowers, Kennedy Bryan, Jr., Joe Hunter, Lloyd K. Moore, Pete Whitehead and B. F. Heath.
  • Last Edited: 3 Mar 2015

Family: James P. Bailey