Youngstown A homegoing celebration in honor of Mrs. Frances Juanita Pegues Carter will be held Thursday March 23, 2023 at 11am at the Jaylex Event Center, 2110 Glenwood Ave in Youngstown, OH. Frances J. Pegues Carter, 93, passed away Monday, March 20, 2023, at her home, with family by her side. Born the ninth of 10 children, in Youngstown, to the late Paul and Jessie Pegues Brailey, Frances attended city schools and graduated from The Rayen High School and Youngstown State University. Frances retired as Trumbull County Deputy Sheriff Chief of Security of the Youngstown Municipal Airport. Prior to law enforcement, she worked in nursing, in social work and community activism. She was a lifelong member of Centenary United Methodist Church and very active in The National Council of Negro Women, who honored her as A Woman Of Distinction. She loved her family, friends, neighbors and giving wise, tested counsel to the community. Frances loved traveling, literally crisscrossing the U.S., and was most proud of her visit to the Holy Land and South Africa, by way of England and France. She is survived by sons, William L. Pegues and Jon O. Burnside; daughters, Charlene McKay Walker Dunlap (Vernon) and VonCeil Carter Crenshaw (Tony); a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, great-nieces and -nephews, and great-great-nieces and -nephews. Preceding her in death were her son, Darryl M. Pegues; brothers, Robert, Paul Jr., Carl, Charles and William Pegues; and sisters, Elva Pegues DeJarmon (Mark), Mazzerine Pegues Thompson (Leo), Dr. Lillian Pegues Jennings and Elsie Pegues Shannon. The family will receive friends Thursday March 23, 2023 from 10-11am at the Jaylex Event Center. Interment will be in Tod Homestead Cemetery.