Remembering
Willie L. Pegues, Jr. Friday, April 20, 2018 • 11:00 A.M.
Harrison’s Memorial Chapel, Inc.
3320 Millbranch Rd. • Memphis, Tennessee 38116
Necrology
Celebration Service
Willie L. Pegues, Sr. on September 11, 1952. He was a bouncy hefty baby boy.
Musical Prelude Prayer...................................................Kenneth Hill Selection............................................Lester Stacker
Willie L. Pegues was born to Doris Glover Pegues and
Willie was a member of the 12 Year Society at Melrose High School graduating in The Class of 1970. He enjoyed school and participated in school activities as a member of The Knights and co-captain of Melrose winning football team. He received a football scholarship to Morgan State University where he graduated in 1975. He later returned to Memphis and worked at Memphis Correctional Center (Mark Luttrell Center) for years before he began working for the federal prison system. He was employed and later retired from the Federal Correction Institute in Memphis as an IT Supervisor in 2009. Willie was a courageous man who received the key to the city for aborting a robbery at National Bank of Commerce. He was blessed on January 13, 1996, with a darling baby girl Makaila Nicole Pegues who was his “greatest treasure”. He was anticipating with pride her graduation from UT Chattanooga on May 5, 2018. Willie married Fannie Purry Pegues on September 16, 2016 and loved her unconditionally. Willie loved traveling and has been all over the world with The Glover/Rembert Family Reunion, Melrose Mass Reunions and Orange Mound Senior Center Tours. He was a member of Mississippi Blvd. Christian Church where he served in the Manna Outreach Ministry. Willie remained a active member of Orange Mound Community Senior Center, the Class of 1970 alumni committee in their many activities, and volunteered as a mentor at Melrose High School. Devoted to his memory is his daughter Makaila ; wife Fannie; brothers, James(Natalie), Charles(Carol), Gregory(Barbara) and one sister Donna(Anthony) Dean; aunts, Lillie Nelson, Geraldine Minley, Gwen Glover and Hazell Jones, uncle Tyler(Virginia) Glover; mother in law Idella Purry and family, and a host of nieces, nephews cousins and many dear friends.
Reflections
(2-3 Minutes, Please)
Phequitta Boyce
Retired Associate Warden, U.S. Department of Justice
Robert Brooks Class of 1970
Wendell Harris Friend
Acknowledgments.................................Hazell Jones Words of Comfort........................Rev. Althea Greene Recessional
Pastor, Real Life Ministries
Acknowledgements
The family of Willie L.Pegues, Jr. would like to thank everyone for your outpouring of love and support. We are blessed to be surrounded by so many friends and love ones. Your kind expressions of sympathy and friendship will always remain in our hearts.
Honorary Pallbearers Melrose Class of 1970
Interment & Committal Rites New Park Cemetery 4536 Horn Lake Rd. Memphis, Tennessee 38109
Repast
Mt. Moriah East Baptist Church 1248 Haynes Street Memphis, Tennessee 38114 3320 Millbranch Rd. Memphis, Tennessee 38116 901-452-7331 www.harrisonsfuneralhomeinc.com