Pegge' Lee Sapp Haywood

Pegge' Lee Sapp Haywood
CONCORD -- Mrs. Haywood passed away March 18, 2005 at her residence. Memorial service will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at All Saints Episcopal Church. Rev. Fred Hoffman will officiate. Family will receive friends after the service in the church Parish Hall.
Mrs. Haywood was born October 29, 1926, the daughter of the late Maury and Harriett Sapp. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert B. Haywood.
Mrs. Haywood owned and operated Pegge' Lee School of Dance for 40 years. The studio was sold to a former student and dear friend, Mrs. Tammy Frye Jordan, and is still being operated as Pegge' Lee School of Dance. She was a graduate of Concord High School, Virginia Intermont College, where she was chosen as Alumna of the year in 1972. She was also a graduate of Chalif School of Dance in New York City.
Mrs. Haywood was active in Carolina Dance Masters serving as President, Secretary and Treasurer. She then became active in Dance Masters of America, an International Organization of Dance Teachers who are certified by exams to teach. She served Dance Masters as an area Vice-President, then 2nd Vice-President, 1st Vice-President and National President. She, along with Bill Royal from Orlando, FL, and Howard Ferguson of Elmira, NY, formed the Miss Dance of America Pageant, and served as Director of the pageant for numerous years. She was very active in preliminary Miss America pageants, serving as Director for Miss Concord Pageant and later as Director of Miss Cabarrus County Pageant. She judged state pageants all over the East Coast.
She was very active in the American Red Cross, Cabarrus Chapter, serving as Vice-President and board member. She was active in the American Cancer Society, Historic Cabarrus, Gold History Corp., serving as officer and board member of those organizations. She was President of Cabarrus Arts Council and Chairman of Social Service Board of Cabarrus County. She also served on the Meals on Wheels board.
Mrs. Haywood was an active member of the Republican Party. She served on the Cabarrus County GOP Executive Board for many years and the State GOP Executive Board. She served as a delegate to two National Republican Conventions and as an alternate delegate to one National Convention. She was voted into the N.C. Republican Hall of Fame in 1999. She also was elected to serve as a Presidential Elector from her district.
She loved to travel and take cruises. She traveled to South American, Panama Canal, Spain, France, Ireland, England, Italy, Thailand, Norway, Sweden, Russia and Canada. She was selected as Marshall for the 1996 Christmas Parade and was chosen as Concord's Woman of the Year in 1990.
Mrs. Haywood is survived by a niece, Betsey Haywood Drucker and her husband, Rob, of Washington, DC; one brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Nancy Haywood of Concord, NC; an aunt, Mrs. Rebecca Owens of Philadelphia, PA; an uncle, Lee J. Sapp of Asheville, NC; cousins, Marilu Peck of Concord, and Anne S. Morrison of Burlington, NC; and numerous others. She also leaves two very dear friends, Betty and Richard Lapish of Concord, and numerous 'Dancing Daughters.'
Memorials may be made to All Saints Episcopal Church, 525 Lake Concord Road NE, Concord, NC 28025, Cabarrus Meals on Wheels, 320-C Copperfield Blvd. NE, Concord, NC 28025 or to a charity of one's choice.
Condolences may be left online at wilkinsonfuneralhome.com.
Wilkinson Funeral Home is handling the arrangements for Mrs. Haywood.