Funeral Services for Peggy Louise Hughes Speed of Hattiesburg are 1 p.m. on Monday, March 9, at Westminster Presbyterian Church with burial in Roseland Park Cemetery. Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Monday, March 9, 2015, beginning at 11 a.m.

Mrs. Speed, 81, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at her home in Hattiesburg. She was born on July 28, 1933 to Roy and Marjorie Hughes..

She was a speech pathologist for the Hattiesburg School System. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Speed graduated from Brookhaven High School in 1950 and went on to study at Millsaps College in Jackson. After raising “the boys,” she continued her education earning a master’s in speech pathology under Dr. Dubbard at the University of Southern Mississippi.  She met her sweetheart, the late Charles Rembert Speed, on a blind date.  The couple was married the following year on Oct. 28, 1952 at First Methodist Church in Brookhaven, MS. Married for 47 years, Charles and Peggy raised their five children in Hattiesburg. She was a founding member of ShareCare, in addition to the countless hours spent serving the community through ministries such as the Women’s Abuse Center and the Bread Basket Food Ministry.   Peggy will be remembered for her compassion and incredible love for anyone she came into contact with. She consistently met complete strangers that she would pray for, witness to and encourage. She exemplified God’s grace and acceptance to all those she came in contact with; many of whom will forever be changed by her witness.

Preceding her in death were her husband; and two sons, Ronald Burt Speed and Clifton Eugene Speed.

Survivors are her sister, Marjorie Ann Hughes Case (Larry) of Flowood; her son, Charles Steven Speed of Hattiesburg and Roy Michael Speed (Robin) of Talbott, Tennessee; her daughter, Suzanne Louise Speed Lindsey (David) of Canton; her grandchildren, Kenny Speed of Purvis and his sons, Eric and Brennan of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Chad Speed of Hattiesburg, Josh Speed (Sharley)  and his son, Lawson, of Birmingham, Alabama, Justin Speed and his sons, Corbin and Jackson, of Jefferson City, Tennessee, Chris Speed of Nashville, Tennessee, Weatherlee Lamb of Knoxville, Tennessee and Jordan, Ryan, Anastasia, Michael and Aaron Lindsey of Canton; her nieces Sonya Speed Miller (Rick) of Birmingham, Alabama, Jennifer Case Navarez (Steven) of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Stephanie Case Brown (John) of Flowood; her best friend of 40 years, Patsy Davis; her Godson, Toby Davis.

In leiu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to Westminster Presbyterian Church Rebuilding Fund.  The family would also like to take this opportunity to thank Barbara Taylor, Mary Lang, Sarah Moody, Doris Wilks, Pat Davis, and Forest General Hospice for your loving care.