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Born June 7, 1915 in Decatur, Illinois, LeRoy “Buck” Pryor was the first child of Richard’s beloved grandmother Marie Pryor. At age eighteen, he won a Golden Gloves boxing tournament in Chicago, and never forgot how to score a knockout.
Pvt. U.S. Army WWII Veteran- Mr. Pryor died at St. Francis Hospital on 9-27-1968. He is the son of Mr. LeRoy & Mrs. Marie (Carter) Pryor Sr. of Peoria, Illinois. Mr. Pryor came to Peoria when he was 14, and was into the Golden Gloves scene. Mr. Pryor was married to a Miss Viola Anna Hurst in Peoria on August 16,...
Father LeRoy Pryor Jr. (aka Buck Carter), a bartender, boxer, and WWII vet, died in 1968. Raised by grandmother Marie Carter, madam on Peoria's North Washington Street; died 1978.
In Memory: LeRoy Pryor, Jr. At the young age of 53, Buck died of cardiac arrest. Because his wife had been a Catholic in good standing but he had not been a religious man, his funeral was held in an unusual place — the gymnasium of St. Patrick’s Church.
Apr 8, 2024 · Pryor was born in Peoria, Illinois, on December 1, 1940, to Gertrude, a sometime bookkeeper, and LeRoy Jr., a boxer who worked various jobs around the country and served for a time in the U.S. military.
Arrest Four Negroes in Wabash Sand House–03/ 17/1931–. At age 15, Marie's son LeRoy — later Richard's father — was arrested for disorderly conduct.
His father, LeRoy "Buck Carter" Pryor (June 7, 1915 – September 27, 1968), was a former boxer, hustler and pimp. After Gertrude abandoned him when he was 10, Pryor was raised primarily by Marie, [6] a tall, violent woman who would beat him for any of his eccentricities.
