Peggy Jean Taylor Herron
Peggy Jean Taylor Herron, age 86, passed away with her family by her side at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital on January 20, 2026. She was born to the late J.C. and Maggie Bee Johnson Taylor on February 8, 1939, in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2026, at 3:00 PM, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home with words of comfort by Kenny Kendrick and Lee Austin. Burial will follow at the Providence Cemetery in Jackson, TN. Visitation will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2026, from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home.
Peggy was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She was a well-known contractor and owner of Herron Homes in Paducah, KY where she took great pride in building over 50 pristine houses until she retired. Prior to home building, she worked at the Wells-Lamont glove factory in Brownsville, TN and then was a seamstress at the Toggery Shop in Paducah, KY. She had a great passion for gardening and keeping her family’s flowerbeds in tiptop shape. In her retirement years, she became an entrepreneur of all things food, being known as the turnip green lady and later the pie and brownie lady. Her loving and caring personality brought many into her life that she considered family. She was Ms. Peggy to some, but to most she was Meme. She built many relationships through her love of cooking. She had a love of traveling with her family, especially to the Hilton in Brentwood, TN and the Smoky Mountains.
On September 28, 1957, she married the love of her life, Danny Joe Herron. Together they built a life they loved with two sons, two daughters in law, and four granddaughters. Peggy and Danny moved to Paducah, KY when the boys were young for work, but just before the passing of her husband, they moved back to the Stoggum Bottom community in Brownsville, TN to be with family.
She is preceded in death by her parents J.C. and Maggie Bee Johnson Taylor, her husband Danny Joe Herron, her brothers Edward Lee Taylor and Jerry Alan Taylor, and her son Edward Gaylon Herron.
She is survived by her son Ronald Wade Herron (Doris Ann) of Paducah, KY, her daughter-in-law Patricia Harmon Herron of Brownsville, TN, granddaughters Crystal LaShae Herron of Paducah, KY, Emily Herron Littlejohn (Patrick) and Maggie Herron Harris (James) both of Brownsville, TN, and Tessa Marie Herron of Louisville, KY, four sisters Joann Taylor White Moore and Betty “Jane” Taylor Oswald both of Brownsville, TN, Merrilyn Marie Taylor Ray of Puryear, TN, Brenda Lou Taylor Austin (Lee) of Nolensville, TN, and one brother J.C. Taylor, Jr. (Robbie) of Alamo, TN.
Pallbearers for the service are Parker Davis, Harrison Davis, Wade Howard, Jason Howard, Kelly Kendrick and Ray Poole.
Honorary Pallbearers are Gary Hughes, Brandon Hughes, Charlie Greenway, Jimmy Stoots, Ricky Brasfield, Justin Miller, Tate Taylor, Greg Austin and the Staff at Chandler’s in Dyersburg, TN.
The family requests that memorials be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN or to the Providence Cemetery, c/o Alton Williamson, 821 Providence Rd., Jackson, TN 38301. All arrangements and services are under the direction of the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home.
