Peggy Carter Pearce

Peggy Carter Pearce LUBBOCK-Peggy Carter Pearce was welcomed to her heavenly home on Monday, April 25, 2016. Visitation will be Friday, April 29, 2016, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers. Services will be Saturday, April 30, 2016, at 10 a.m. in Lake Ridge Chapel. A tribute of Peggy's life may be found at www.memorialdesigners.net, where you may leave memories and expressions of sympathy for her family. Peggy was born to Jo and Earl Carter on Sept. 15, 1947, in Lubbock, Texas. She attended Abernathy public schools, Texas Tech University and graduated from West Texas A&M in 1970. After serving two years as office manager for the Amarillo Board of City Development, she met Bob Pearce at a Sunday School event. Soon they moved to Lubbock where they married in 1972. She began a 42-year career in special events with the Texas Tech Alumni Association in 1973 to 2015. As a memorial to her life, Texas Tech Alumni Association has established a scholarship in her honor for a Service Above Self recipient. Additional memorials may be made to Southcrest Christian School 3801 S. Loop 289 in Lubbock. She was preceded in death by her parents and grandparents. Those left to cherish her memory are husband, Bob Pearce of Lubbock; daughter, Ashley (Grant) Looney; granddaughter, Brooklyn Looney of Midland; brother, Mickey (Jan) Carter; nephews, Cecil (Melissa) Carter, Robert (Erin) Carter; and grandnieces, Emily and Claire Carter, all of Amarillo; and cousin, Sarah (David) Carter of Nowata, Okla. Peggy loved music, especially Christian songs and never tired of hearing selections that reassured her of God's promises.