Peggy Jo Aaron Hudson

Peggy Jo Aaron Hudson, 83, passed away in Orange, TX on December 6, 2020. She was a loving woman, a wonderful daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, and grandmother.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 11, 2020, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner. Burial will follow at Hudson Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., prior to the funeral service at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Peggy was born in Deadwood, Texas on February 19, 1937 to Amos and Ouida (McCoy) Aaron. They moved to Orange when she was 6. She graduated from Stark High in 1955, where she loved playing basketball. Peggy soon went to work at DuPont. She married Forrest E. Hudson on October 13, 1956, and they made a home in Orange. They were married 55 years. She attended Little Cypress Baptist Church, until the last few months of life. Jesus was her Lord and Savior. Peggy worked in building 5 laboratory her entire 37 year career, and retired as a Laboratory Supervisor from DuPont in 1995, where she made lifelong friendships along the way. After retirement she enjoyed traveling the country with her husband in their RV, and occasionally a grandkid or 2.

She lived a long and wonderful life, always putting others before herself. Peggy was a city girl, but loved country living. She loved to camp and go perch fishing. She loved to garden as long as she was able. She fondly talked of weekend sleepovers spent with her nieces. April’s dance recitals were always a highlight in the spring and she never missed one of Tyler’s golf tournaments.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and siblings J.R. Aaron, Lucy Deming, Roy Aaron, Danny Aaron, Rosemary Slayton, and Sandra Thornton.

Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Forrest E. (Eddie)Hudson, Jr and wife Susan; grandchildren April Booker and husband Alvin, and Kyle Hudson; great-grandchildren Tyler Ridgaway and Amber Leleux; great-great-granddaughter Eva Carpenter, all of Orange. Brothers Howard Aaron and wife Debbie, and Larry Aaron, of Orange, TX. Along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Serving as pallbearers will be Anthony Wardell, Jesse Underwood, Glen Thibodeaux, Cole Aaron, Jim Edgerton, and Frank Wallace.

The family would like to wholeheartedly thank Best Hospice, Ethel and Felica Tezeno for their loving care in her last days.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Little Cypress Baptist Church Building Fund.