ESTELLE CAROL PEAVY
1934-2017
Estelle Carol Moreau Peavy, passed away on Thursday, the 9th of February 2017, at Methodist Hospital in Houston, at the age of 82.
She was born on the 3rd of June 1934, in Marksville, Louisiana. Carol moved to Houston to attend Sacred Heart Dominican College, where she earned a BS degree in Nursing. She met Odis after graduating from college, while working as a nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital. They married in 1956 and made their home in Bellaire, where they raised their three children. While her children attended Holy Ghost Elementary School, she volunteered for years as the school’s nurse. With her youngest in high school, she attended graduate school at Texas Woman’s University in Houston and earned her MS degree in Nursing in 1980. She taught nursing at University of St. Thomas (UST) for several years.
Carol was an active member of Holy Ghost Catholic Church. She was a member of the choir and loved to sing and play the piano. During her life, she volunteered her time at the Magnificat House, was involved with both Marian High School and the creation of Marian Christian High School, Catholic Charities, and a member of the Theresians at the Cenacle Retreat house.
Carol was active in the Associated Nursing Alumni of Dominican College, St. Joseph’s and the University of St. Thomas, serving as president of the organization several times. She was a tireless advocate for a Catholic nursing school in Houston. Her persistent efforts were instrumental in convincing UST to re-establish a nursing school in 2002. For many years, she and Odis provided critical financial support for the school and in 2014, at the inaugural graduating class, UST named the School of Nursing the Carol and Odis Peavy School of Nursing.
Carol and Odis started PV Rentals, a vehicle rental company in 1983. She was an enthusiastic marketer for the business and was always welcoming customers as they entered. She was actively involved with the business until health issues prevented her from continuing her daily involvement.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Eugene Leon Moreau and Agnes CarrolSmith Frank; daughter, Elizabeth Ann Peavy, DDS and two sisters, Kathleen Moreau Brown and Shirley Moreau Baudin. Carol is survived by her husband of 60 years, Odis Lee Peavy; daughter, Kath- leen Peavy Van Deventer and husband Richard; son, David Peavy and husband Stephen McCauley; her grandchildren, Nancy M. Bailey, William Bailey, Kyle McCauley, and Sean McCauley; and, her sister, Ginger Moreau Miller and husband Don.
The family would like to thank Guadalupe and Leticia Porras for their loving dedication to caring for Carol. Their commitment and support for Carol was instrumental in her enjoyment of these last few years.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o’clock in the afternoon until eight o’clock in the evening on Sunday, the 12th of February, in the Grand Foyer and Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston, where the vigil is to commence at seven o’clock.
The Mass of Christian Burial is to be offered at ten o’clock in the morning on Monday, the 13th of February, at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1111 St. Joseph Parkway in Houston.
The Rite of Committal is to follow, via an escorted cortege, at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family wishes memorial contribu- tions to be directed to the Carol and Odis Peavy School of Nursing, UST, 3800 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006.