Peggy Ruth Presson

Peggy Ruth Presson obituary

Peggy Ruth Presson

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Peggy Presson Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Dyersburg Funeral Home - Main Office on Sep. 9, 2025.

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Mrs. Peggy Ruth Presson, of Dyersburg, passed away Monday, September 8, 2025 at Okeena Health & Rehabilitation. She was born December 4, 1938 to the late Ruel Lee Fulcher and Virginia Baker Fulcher. She was a devoted homemaker and caretaker for members of her family. They fondly remember her baking and candy-making and her fudge was loved by everyone. She enjoyed any time spent with her family, especially dancing and camping in her younger years.

Peggy is survived by her son William Alan Clark, a brother, Jerry Wayne Fulcher, two sisters, Virginia "Ginny" Mae Thompson and Judy Moore, her grandchildren, Tony Alan Clark, Stacy Lynn Bosworth and Katherine Irene Clark and four great-grandchildren, Jordan Sharbeno, Emma Clark, Jacob Wright and Cannon Wright. She is preceded in death by her husband, Everett Presson, her son Lester Wade Clark, her brothers, Will Dee Fulcher, James Fulcher, Robert Fulcher, Wendell Harold Fulcher, Danny Ray Fulcher and Fred Steven Fulcher, her sisters Eleanor Mae Glascow, Ann Marie Henderson, Jo Ann Collins, Georgia Lee Byrd and Lucille Matheny and a great-granddaughter Kaly Renee Wright.

Funeral services for Mrs. Peggy Presson will be held in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. with interment to follow in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 12:00 p.m. Family members and friends will be honored to serve as pallbearers.

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Upcoming Events

Sep

13

Visitation

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Dyersburg Funeral Home

420 Hwy 51 ByPass W, Dyersburg, TN 38024

Send Flowers

Sep

13

Funeral service

2:00 p.m.

Dyersburg Funeral Home

420 Hwy 51 ByPass W, Dyersburg, TN 38024

Send Flowers

Only 7 hours left for delivery to next service.