Her father died when she was in high school, leaving her mother to raise her three daughters alone.
Peggy received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Stephen F. Austin State University, with a minor in English.
She co-wrote the story of the Edmond post office shooting for Norman Vincent Peale's Guideposts magazine.
They have three children and live on a ranch in the Texas Hill Country, near her parents farm.
1997 she fulfilled a lifelong dream by competing in her first rodeo and brought home two silver championship buckles, one for Champion Barrel Racer, and a second for All-Around Cowgirl.