Margaret "Peggy" Pipes Peabody, born 25 January 1927 at Southdown Plantation in Houma, Louisiana, the daughter of David Washington Pipes and Mary Minor Pipes, died Monday, 23 November 2015, at her daughter's home in Natchez, Mississippi. Her parents; her husband, Howard Bell Peabody Jr.; a daughter, Margaret Peabody Cotten; three sisters—Nan Eustis, Katharine Butler, and Mary Butler; and three brothers, David W. Pipes Jr., H. Minor Pipes, and John Pipes, preceded her in death.
Peggy graduated from Vassar College in 1948. Four years later, on 14 June 1952, at Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana, she married Natchez resident Howard Bell Peabody Jr., a widower with two children. Peggy was active in social, political, and religious affairs during the nearly thirty years that she and Howard lived in Natchez. She helped found the Historic Natchez Foundation, and served as president of the Natchez Garden Club, president of the Episcopal Church Women (E.C.W.) at Trinity Episcopal Church, and as one of Mississippi's delegates to the 1964 Republican Convention. She and her husband moved to Maine in 1981, where they spent eleven years in the beautiful coastal town of Blue Hill. They returned to the South in 1992, settling in Metairie, Louisiana, where Howard died in 2003. Two years later, after Hurricane Katrina, Peggy returned to Natchez, where she remained until her death.
Two daughters and sons-in-law, a son and daughter-in-law, eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and twenty-eight nieces and nephews survive her. A memorial service will be held Saturday, 28 November 2015, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Natchez.
For Peggy's marriage, see Pipes-Peabody marriage announcement, /Times-Picayune/, New Orleans, La., 29 May 1952, page 39, col. 5.
For her residence in Blue Hill, Maine, and Metairie, Louisiana, see Howard Bell Peabody Jr. obituary, /Natchez Democrat/, Natchez, Miss., 9 May 2005. For all other biographical information, see /Laird Funeral Home, Inc./, "Obituaries" (http://www.lairdfh.com/fh/obituaries/home.cfm?&fh_id=11269), Margaret Pipes Peabody (25 January 1927–23 November 2015).
Peggy graduated from Vassar College in 1948. Four years later, on 14 June 1952, at Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana, she married Natchez resident Howard Bell Peabody Jr., a widower with two children. Peggy was active in social, political, and religious affairs during the nearly thirty years that she and Howard lived in Natchez. She helped found the Historic Natchez Foundation, and served as president of the Natchez Garden Club, president of the Episcopal Church Women (E.C.W.) at Trinity Episcopal Church, and as one of Mississippi's delegates to the 1964 Republican Convention. She and her husband moved to Maine in 1981, where they spent eleven years in the beautiful coastal town of Blue Hill. They returned to the South in 1992, settling in Metairie, Louisiana, where Howard died in 2003. Two years later, after Hurricane Katrina, Peggy returned to Natchez, where she remained until her death.
Two daughters and sons-in-law, a son and daughter-in-law, eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and twenty-eight nieces and nephews survive her. A memorial service will be held Saturday, 28 November 2015, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Natchez.
For Peggy's marriage, see Pipes-Peabody marriage announcement, /Times-Picayune/, New Orleans, La., 29 May 1952, page 39, col. 5.
For her residence in Blue Hill, Maine, and Metairie, Louisiana, see Howard Bell Peabody Jr. obituary, /Natchez Democrat/, Natchez, Miss., 9 May 2005. For all other biographical information, see /Laird Funeral Home, Inc./, "Obituaries" (http://www.lairdfh.com/fh/obituaries/home.cfm?&fh_id=11269), Margaret Pipes Peabody (25 January 1927–23 November 2015).
Margaret "Peggy" Pipes Peabody, born 25 January 1927 at Southdown Plantation in Houma, Louisiana, the daughter of David Washington Pipes and Mary Minor Pipes, died Monday, 23 November 2015, at her daughter's home in Natchez, Mississippi. Her parents; her husband, Howard Bell Peabody Jr.; a daughter, Margaret Peabody Cotten; three sisters—Nan Eustis, Katharine Butler, and Mary Butler; and three brothers, David W. Pipes Jr., H. Minor Pipes, and John Pipes, preceded her in death.
Peggy graduated from Vassar College in 1948. Four years later, on 14 June 1952, at Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana, she married Natchez resident Howard Bell Peabody Jr., a widower with two children. Peggy was active in social, political, and religious affairs during the nearly thirty years that she and Howard lived in Natchez. She helped found the Historic Natchez Foundation, and served as president of the Natchez Garden Club, president of the Episcopal Church Women (E.C.W.) at Trinity Episcopal Church, and as one of Mississippi's delegates to the 1964 Republican Convention. She and her husband moved to Maine in 1981, where they spent eleven years in the beautiful coastal town of Blue Hill. They returned to the South in 1992, settling in Metairie, Louisiana, where Howard died in 2003. Two years later, after Hurricane Katrina, Peggy returned to Natchez, where she remained until her death.
Two daughters and sons-in-law, a son and daughter-in-law, eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and twenty-eight nieces and nephews survive her. A memorial service will be held Saturday, 28 November 2015, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Natchez.
For Peggy's marriage, see Pipes-Peabody marriage announcement, /Times-Picayune/, New Orleans, La., 29 May 1952, page 39, col. 5.
For her residence in Blue Hill, Maine, and Metairie, Louisiana, see Howard Bell Peabody Jr. obituary, /Natchez Democrat/, Natchez, Miss., 9 May 2005. For all other biographical information, see /Laird Funeral Home, Inc./, "Obituaries" (http://www.lairdfh.com/fh/obituaries/home.cfm?&fh_id=11269), Margaret Pipes Peabody (25 January 1927–23 November 2015).
Peggy graduated from Vassar College in 1948. Four years later, on 14 June 1952, at Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana, she married Natchez resident Howard Bell Peabody Jr., a widower with two children. Peggy was active in social, political, and religious affairs during the nearly thirty years that she and Howard lived in Natchez. She helped found the Historic Natchez Foundation, and served as president of the Natchez Garden Club, president of the Episcopal Church Women (E.C.W.) at Trinity Episcopal Church, and as one of Mississippi's delegates to the 1964 Republican Convention. She and her husband moved to Maine in 1981, where they spent eleven years in the beautiful coastal town of Blue Hill. They returned to the South in 1992, settling in Metairie, Louisiana, where Howard died in 2003. Two years later, after Hurricane Katrina, Peggy returned to Natchez, where she remained until her death.
Two daughters and sons-in-law, a son and daughter-in-law, eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and twenty-eight nieces and nephews survive her. A memorial service will be held Saturday, 28 November 2015, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Natchez.
For Peggy's marriage, see Pipes-Peabody marriage announcement, /Times-Picayune/, New Orleans, La., 29 May 1952, page 39, col. 5.
For her residence in Blue Hill, Maine, and Metairie, Louisiana, see Howard Bell Peabody Jr. obituary, /Natchez Democrat/, Natchez, Miss., 9 May 2005. For all other biographical information, see /Laird Funeral Home, Inc./, "Obituaries" (http://www.lairdfh.com/fh/obituaries/home.cfm?&fh_id=11269), Margaret Pipes Peabody (25 January 1927–23 November 2015).
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PEABODY
MARGARET GUSTINE
PIPES
JANUARY 25, 1927
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
