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NICHOLLS — Mrs. Peggy Susan Smith Pearson, 74, of Nicholls, passed away Sunday afternoon, August 30, 2026, at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas.
Born in Willacoochee, Ga., October 23, 1952, Mrs. Pearson lived in Patterson prior to moving to Nicholls in 2012. Mrs. Pearson was a 1970 graduate of Ribault Senior High School in Jacksonville, Fla. She was of the Baptist faith.
Mrs. Pearson went to work for BellSouth for several years before switching careers and going into the medical profession. In 1994, she obtained a degree in Emergency Management and went to work for St. Vincent’s in their ER department as a paramedic. In 2000, she graduated from Gilford Tech in Greensboro, N.C., with a Registered Nurse degree and began working as an emergency room nurse in Springfield, Ga.
In her free time, Mrs. Pearson enjoyed playing on the computer, learning new things, and sewing — “If you can dream it, I can sew it” — was her motto.
She was a daughter of the late Felder Smith. Mrs. Pearson was also preceded in death by two grandsons, Allen Cason and Tristin Aspinwall; and a sister, Linda Nell Smith.
Survivors include her husband, James “Jim” King, III of Nicholls; two daughters and sons-inlaw, Julie and Michael Cason of Patterson, and Sandy and Rick Head of Blackshear; a son and daughter-in-law, David and Rhonda Denison of Jesup; her mother, Nellie Steverson Smith of Callahan, Fla.; four sisters, Jean Sears and Mary (Tony) Perez, and Nancy Sands, all of Callahan, and Sharon (Cecil) Dixon of Jacksonville; a brother, Randall (Liz) Smith of Fort White, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
Funeral service for Mrs. Pearson was held September 5 from the PearsonDial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor John Williams officiating.
Memorialization will be by cremation.
Memorials may be made to the Mayo Clinic by visiting www.give.mayoclinic. org.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online guestbook at www.pearsondial.com.
Pearson-Dial Funeral Home was honored to serve the Pearson family.
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