Lue E. Pearson

Lue (Pauline Milligan) Pearson was born on April 9, 1940, in Taylor, Texas, the 5th child of Felix Milligan and Martha Reese Milligan. Lue passed away peacefully in her sleep early Saturday morning on November 15, 2025, in Austin, Texas. She was 85 years old.

She met her first husband in 1958, in Taylor, Texas, and they were married thereafter. From this union, they were blessed with a total of 8 Children (4 boys and 4 girls), including boy and girl twins.

Later, she would meet and marry her 2nd husband, Donald Ray Pearson, in 1983. Together, they shared 42 years of marriage until her death.

Lue, known to all as Pauline, was raised in Taylor, Texas, where she attended Public Schools. She enjoyed dancing with her brothers, listening to music in her younger years of life, and working different jobs as a young girl in Taylor, Texas. After the birth of all her children, she later moved with her Husband and Children to Austin, Texas, for the next chapter in her life. Later, she would work different jobs and would be recognized as a leader, earning her job titles as Lead, Leader, and Supervisor. To all, they recognized her work ethic and her ability to perform as a leader, and she quickly became known as a Work Leader throughout her employment career in Austin, Texas. Her final job title while employed with the Austin Independent School District was Supervisor, her highest position, before entering early disability retirement status.

Growing up and throughout her life, she enjoyed spending time with Family, her Parents, Siblings, cousins, nieces, nephews, and other extended family and friends. Although she may have faced some challenges along the way, she cherished raising her children and her time together with them. Later in life, she would come to enjoy celebrating many Special occasions and Holidays with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Years before her health started to decline and she could no longer do the things she enjoyed, she had prided herself on cooking, especially when it came to preparing her Family’s Thanksgiving Dinner with all the fixings and entertaining at her own home. She also enjoyed planting and having pretty flowers, and when clothes shopping for herself/her husband, and for their household she had a keen eye for detail making sure everything blended perfectly well together, she always was a perfectionist and liked for things to look nice, she kept their house tidy, clean, in order and wanted everything to stay in its place.

She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Peter Reese; grandmother, Carrie Jackson Reese; Grandmother Emma Milligan; her parents, father Felix (Finish) Milligan and mother Martha Reese Milligan Nears; her brothers Jacob Milligan, Charles Milligan, Dennis Milligan, Robert (Bubba) Milligan, Donald Ray Milligan, and Finish Milligan; her sisters Carrie Washington Kirby and Verdell Hunt; her daughters Julia Trejo and Gregorita Trejo; her granddaughter Tacara (Pumkin) Trejo; her great-grandson DJ Worthy Jr.; and sisters-in-law Verna Griffin Milligan and Saddie Washington Milligan.

She is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Donald R. Pearson; her children Rickey Trejo (with wife Yolonda, of Manor, TX), Lesa Trejo Worthy, Gregorio Trejo Jr, Shelia Trejo, Erwin Trejo Sr. (with wife Yvonca), and Donald Trejo (with wife Patrice, of Austin, TX); her grandchildren Quincy Anderson (with wife Kendra), Shanaesia Trejo, Talmadge Worthy Jr, Dantywine Worthy Sr (with wife Danielle), Kendra Trejo, Pauline Worthy Ates (with husband Byron), Erwin Trejo Jr, Broderick Trejo Sr (with wife Eulalia), Mariesha Stevenson, Desiree Trejo, Eddiquan Trejo, Ederick Trejo (with wife Ahliyah), Andrew Deary III, Elysha Trejo, and Kadence Trejo; her great-grandchildren Gregory, Essence, Lil Rita, Orlando, Dae Yonna, Penelopea, Junior, Zana, Ramelo, KJ, Renea, Pharra, CJ, Elaiya, Lyric, Lilly, Lil Pauline, Kamora, Kash, E’Majaye, Journea, Kaveah, and E’mylah; her sister Gwendolyn Milligan Hunter; her uncle Billy Ray Reese (with wife Dollie); her aunts Nell Reese Williams and Dr. Anna Onyekwluie (with husband Osi); her sisters-in-law Wanda Lee Milligan and Maria Milligan; Numerous cousins, nieces, nephews; Close friend Barbara Milligan Organ; and other relatives and friends.

A visitation will be held at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home in ~ The Walden Room ~, located at 14501 North Interstate 35, Pflugerville, Texas, 78660, on November 25, 2025, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.

The funeral service will follow at the same location and room, starting at 1:00 pm. The service will be available via live stream at https://client.tribucast.com/tcid/c25117417209264.

The committal service will take place at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Cemetery, 14501 North Interstate 35, Pflugerville, Texas, 78660, beginning at 3:00 pm on the same day.

A reception will be held at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home in ~ The Capitol Room ~, 14501 North Interstate 35, Pflugerville, Texas, 78660, starting at 3:30 pm.