Martha Mae McAllister Pugh, 86, of Greenville died, Saturday, April 25, 2009, at her residence. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Monday, April 27, 2009, at Park Street Baptist Church under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Johnny Hailes, Pastor of Park Street Baptist Church and Rev. Jerry Young, Pastor of Jubilee Baptist Church in Diboll, Texas and nephew of Mrs. Pugh, will officiate. Burial will be in Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation will be Sunday, April 26, 2009, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Pugh was born on November 12, 1922, in Grandfield, Oklahoma, the daughter of Adie G. McAllister and Eunice Shaw McAllister. In January, 1949, she married Byron Alton Pugh in Rockwall. She was an accountant for automobile dealerships and a member of Park Street Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Byron Alton Pugh of Greenville; daughters, Jeannette Pugh of Dallas and Charlotte Brumit and her husband, Benton, of Lone Oak; son, James Byron Pugh of Birmingham, Alabama; sister, Laura Young of Lufkin; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, Adie G. McAllister in 1923; mother, Eunice Shaw McAllister Plaxco in 1978; step-father, Aaron Plaxco in 1988; and sister, Jewell Dykes in 1990.
Pallbearers will be a grandson, B. J. Brumit, Jeff Bridges, Craig Forbes, Steve Ruffo, and nephews Jerry Young and William Dykes. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. James Patrikas, Dr. Roberto Lopez, Bill Smith, Micah Young and John Carter.
The family requests memorials be made to Women In Need, Vista Care Hospice of Greenville, American Diabetes Association, American Cancer Society, or Park Street Baptist Church.
