Herbert "Pepper" Lloyd Jagger

Pepper Jagger, as he much preferred to be called, passed unexpectedly into the arms of our Lord and Savior at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX, on February 13, 2026.

He was born in the midst of a blizzard at Newark Wayne Community Hospital in Newark, Upstate NY, on March 23, 1970.

He was a “gifted” child and a sponge for knowledge. From the age of 4, he could be found in his playroom surrounded by the parts of his “dismantled” toys, saying, “Don’t touch anything, Mom… I’ll put them back together!” Whether it was a fire engine with sirens and blinking lights or the “Operation” game he had received, he always did — restoring them to perfect working condition.

He grew to be a meticulous, decisive, and tireless worker, beginning with his first employment as a Fuel Island Manager for Reeves Transportation at the age of 17. He later fitted excavators for Kobelco under the direction of Davenport Mammoet in Calhoun, GA, where he was transferred to the company’s main headquarters in Rosharon, TX. There, he and his brother Bill worked tirelessly on the “Rigging and Gantry” crews, preparing large vessels for transport overland in Houston and Dallas, TX, and to the adjacent seaports of Corpus Christi, Galveston, Port Lavaca, and Freeport, TX.

Pepper was married to Mary Lou Maynard of Girard, Texas. Prior to their divorce, he became a loved and respected stepfather to her children, Tabitha and Tommy, and a beloved “Paw Paw” to his two step-grandsons, Alex and Markie.

He also achieved his ASE Certification in the State of New York, where he worked closely with his grandfather, Dick Parker, at his garage and salvage yard in Victory, New York, and for numerous certified garages in and around Auburn, Seneca Falls, and Union Springs, NY. Before establishing his own business, Complete Truck & Auto, in GA. After becoming disabled and following the loss of his only sibling, he returned to Spur, Texas, with his mother in October of 2018.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, William H. and Adele Jagger; his maternal grandparents, Richard L. and Grace E. Parker; his aunts, Edith Bishop and Mary E. (Parker) Case; his uncle, Darrell Morrell, Sr.; his father, Herbert L. Jagger, Sr.; and his brother, William R. Jagger.

Pepper is survived by his mother, Jeanette “Jenna” Parker of Spur; his great-uncles, Harold Mendel and Raleigh Borum of Eaton, Ohio; his uncles, Steven (Cicely) Parker of Eaton, Ohio, Lawrence Parker of Charleston, South Carolina, Brian Parker of Columbia, South Carolina, and James Parker of Auburn, New York; his beloved extended family members, Mattie Taylor and Corey Blackshear of Atlanta, Georgia, Dorene Banks of Fayetteville, Georgia, Petra Rivera of San Antonio, Texas, and Jeff (Linda) Brown and family of Spur, Texas; his aunt, Pauline Morrell of Lithonia, Georgia; cousins Darline and Darrell of Lithonia, Georgia; Michael Beach and E.J. of Tucson, Arizona; and cousins Daniel, John, and Edwin Bishop of New York.

Pepper will be dearly missed by all who loved him.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Spur Senior Center.