Creuzot Jr. served in the United States Navy in World War II and received an honorable discharge in 1946.
[3] After desegregation allowed employees to serve schools of any race, the company reduced its workforce and laid off Creuzot.
Creuzot found that his new job at the Texas Workforce Commission did not pay enough to "buy the grits and grease" and he "wanted to live a little better.
Governor of Texas Bill Clements appointed Creuzot to the board of regents.
[4] Creuzot had an affiliation with the Greater Houston Visitors & Convention Center, and he was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
[1] He married Sallie Coleman in 1947 and had three children:[1] Percy III, Angele, and John C.[3] Percy III became the owner of the original Frenchy's, and for a period Angele operated a Frenchy's on South Shepherd in Neartown.
[6][7] Creuzot also had 3 sisters, Alexa Delahoussaye, Hortense Turner,[citation needed] and Martina Cox.