Feb. 25, 1923 - April 22, 2010The soul departed in the Lord does not die, it returns to God, who is the Giver of Life. SOUTH BEND - Mrs. Garnette Pegues, 87, was born on February 25th 1923, to the late Claudia and Sultan Thomas Sr. in Memphis, Tennessee. At a young age the family moved to Oxford Mississippi where she received her secondary education at Oxford Training School. After graduation she went to Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. She continued her education in South Bend and received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in education from Indiana University South Bend. After 19 years of teaching, Mrs. Pegues retired from the South Bend School Corporation. She accepted Christ at a very early age and was baptized while in Oxford. After moving to South Bend she joined St. John and was a faithful member for over 54 years. She wanted to make sure all of her children and grandchildren knew the Lord and took them to worship as well. April 17, 1944, she was united in matrimony to James Augustus Pegues. In the 49 years they were married, they were blessed with five children. She was preceded in death by her parents, Sultan and Claudia Thomas; husband, James A. Pegues; brother, Sultan Thomas (Daisy); sisters, Juanita Douglas and Louella Oliver; and daughter, Marilyn Pegues. Garnette leaves to cherish her memory three daughters and one son, Claudia Jean May of Kissimmee, FL, Marsha Scott of Indianapolis, IN, Hester Boyd (Charlie) of Atlanta, GA, James Pegues of South Bend, and stepson, Quitman Slack of Detroit, MI. She also leaves 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Services for Mrs. Garnette Pegues will be held on Thursday, April 29, 2010, in the Greater Saint John Missionary Baptist Church, 101 N. Adams St., South Bend, IN. Visitation will begin @ 10:00 a.m.; funeral services will begin at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow funeral service at Highland Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to the Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home, 2702 Lincoln Way West, South Bend, IN 46628, (574)232-6565.