William Lucas Peery

     William Lucas Peery was born on 21 September 1941 at Orange County, Texas.¹ He was the son of Vernon Erastus Peery and Josephine Olympe Nezat. William Lucas Peery also went by the name of W. L. As of 4 April 1946, William Lucas Peery lived with Vernon Erastus Peery and Josephine Olympe Nezat at 1510 15th Street, Orange, Orange County, Texas.² As of June 1950, William Lucas Peery lived with Vernon Erastus Peery and Josephine Olympe Nezat at 1213 DuPont Drive, Orange, Orange County, Texas. As of August 1957, William Lucas Peery lived with Vernon Erastus Peery and Josephine Olympe Nezat at 3606 W. Martin Street, Orange, Orange County, Texas. He was cremated on 18 October 2019 at Shultz Funeral Home and Crematory, 1900 S. Wheeler Street, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. His ashes were spread on October 24, 2019 in the Rose Garden at the funeral home.³ He committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart with a shotgun at 6:17 am on 18 October 2019 at his home at 5489 US Highway 96 N, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas, at age 78 years and 27 days.³