Pearson
NICHOLS — Mrs. Peggy Susan Smith Pearson, 74 of Nicholls, passed away Sunday afternoon, August 30, 2026, at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas.
Born October 23, 1952 in Willacoochee, she lived in Patterson prior to moving t o Nicholls in 2012. Mrs. Pearson was a 1970 graduate of Ribault Senior High School in Jacksonville, Fla.
She went to work for BellSouth for several years before switching careers and going into the medical profession. Mrs. Pearson obtained a degree in Emergency Management in 1994 and went to work for St. Vincent’s in the ER department as a paramedic. In 2000, she graduated from Gilford Tech in Greensboro, N.C., receiving her RN degree working as an ER 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 of the Baptist faith.
Mrs. Pearson was a daughter of the late Felder Smith. She 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, Mary (Tony) Perez and Nancy Sands all of Callahan, Fla., and Sharon (Cecil) Dixon of Jacksonville, Fla.; a brother, Randall (Liz) Smith of Fort White, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A funeral service for Mrs. Pearson was held Saturday, September 5, 2026 from the PearsonDial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor John Williams officiating.
Memorialization will be by cremation.
Memorials may be made to the Mayo Clinic at 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 during this time.
Comments