Annie Laurie Pegues

Annie Laurie Pegues

• Father: Edward Charles Pegues b. 6 April 1858, d. 27 May 1928
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth Brown b. 27 April 1861, d. 12 January 1896

• Annie Laurie Pegues was born on 26 September 1881 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
• Edward Charles Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, at Hickory Street. Other members of the household included Annie Laurie Pegues, John Edward Pegues, Mary Melton Pegues, Sunset Scott Pegues, Helen Belle Pegues and Ruth P. Pegues.
• She married Gideon L. Christian, son of Gideon Christian and Caroline (?), circa 1901.
• Gideon L. Christian and Annie Laurie Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, at North Hickory Street. Other members of the household included Gideon Lawrence Christian and John Pegues Christian.
• Annie Laurie Pegues became a widow at the 1 January 1912 death of her husband Gideon L. Christian.
• Annie Laurie Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, at Hickory Street. Other members of the household included Gideon Lawrence Christian and John Pegues Christian.
• She was a public school teacher, according to the 1920 census.
• Annie Laurie Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, at 1834 Hickory Street. Other members of the household included Gideon Lawrence Christian and John Pegues Christian. Both sons appear to have absent at school.
• She was a public school teacher, according to the 1930 census.
• The following appeared on 20 June 1937 in The Abilene Reporter-News: Mrs. G. L. Christian will go this week to San Antonio to visit her son, Dr. T. E. Christian, then to Crystal City to see her brother, Scott Pegues. She will be gone a month.
• Annie Laurie Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, at Hickory Street.
• She was a public school teacher, according to the 1940 census.
• At the time of her death, her usual residence was in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 2225 Santa Monica.
• Annie Laurie Pegues died on 25 March 1953 at age 71 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at King Rest Home, 202 Broadway.
• She was interred at Abilene Municipal Cemetery, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 26 March 1953 in The Abilene Reporter News: Mrs. G. L. Christian, 71, a teacher her for 31 years, died unexpectedly Wednesday in a San Antonio hospital.
       Mrs. Christian, a native of Mississippi, taught for 29 years at College Heights School, retiring there in 1948.
       She moved to Abilene from Mississippi in 1894, with her father, the late Ed Pegues, and her brothers and sisters.
       She entered the academy at Simmons College and graduated with a certificate of music in 1899. She didn't receive her degree, however, until 1930.
       Mr. and Mrs. Christian were married in the First Baptist Church here. Shortly after they were married, the couple built a home at 1834 Hickort, where she lived until moving to San Antonio in 1948.
       Mrs. Christian's teaching career started here in 1917, when she was elected to teach at Lamar School. Her starting salary was $55 per month.
       in 1920, she joined the College Heights faculty, which then was made up of only four teachers. She started teaching in the second grade and continued in that position most of her teaching career.
       Her husband, the late Gideon Louis Christian, died here in 1912.
       Mrs. Christian was active in the First Baptist Church; held membership in the John Davis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was a charter member of the Abilene Knife and Fork Club, and was a member of the Abilene Classroom Teachers Association.
       Funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in San Antonio. The body will be brought to Abilene for rites here.
       Rites will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Kiker-Warren Funeral Chapel, with Dr. Millard A. Jenkins, former pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating.
       Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery beside the grave of her husband.
       Pallbearers will be Jimmy Ballew, John Hutchison, Esco Walter, Everett Haney, Bob Sellers, and Gordon Weir.
       Survivors include three sons, Dr. T. E. Christian of San Antonio, Jack Christian of Littlefield, and Lawrence Christian of Amarillo; six grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Virginia Litwin of Crystal City, Mrs. A. M. Girand of San Antonio, Mrs. Ruth Bidelspacher of Raymondville, and Mrs. Helen Houston of Stanton; and two brothers, Scott Pegues and Claude Pegues of Crystal City.
       A number of nieces and nephews live in Abilene.

• Last Edited: 30 Aug 2016