Daryl Cornelle Pogue

Daryl Cornelle Pogue was born February 4, 1965, to the late Dr. Jerry and Mary Pogue in Mobile, Alabama He accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at Union Missionary Baptist Church where he was an active member until he entered college. In 2000, he joined New Hope Baptist Church in Powder Springs, GA where he was a member until 2011 when he reunited his membership with Union Baptist while serving as a caregiver for his mother, Mary Pogue and Father, Jerry Pogue. During that time, Daryl served in various choirs, participated in the
annual concerts and served on the committee for Africatown Community Development Corporation, Mobile Branch of NAACP and MEJAC. Daryl was educated in the Mobile Public school system where he was an exceptional running back for C.F. Vigor Wolfpack football team and helped lead them to many victories and championships.

Daryl continued his education at Alabama State University where he received a Bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1987. Upon graduating from ASU, Daryl relocated to Atlanta, GA where he worked For AT&T WorldCom as an account executive. In 1989, he met and married the love of his life, Valerie Collins Pogue and to this union two children were born. In 1994 he joined the Sixth District of The Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta where he was introduced to the merchant processing industry thereby forming DC Pogue & Associates. Having the natural gift
for gab, Daryl evolved in the merchant processing industry and in 1998 founded Meliorate Payment Information Systems and Technologies, LLC (MPIST). In 2008, MPIST was dissolved and he formed later Lucror Solutions, LLC which is still in operation to date.

Daryl’s passion for learning and creating never ceased. During his illness, he continued to advise many on business opportunities, policies and procedures and the importance of financial wellness.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Jerry and Mary Pogue, brother Wendell L. Pogue and brother Andre L. Pogue.

Daryl leaves to cherish his memory a loving and devoted wife of 33 years, Valerie Collins Pogue of Dallas, GA; two children, Maranda Pogue of Atlanta, GA, and Devin Pogue of Portland, OR; three siblings, Orlando (Juliette) Pogue of Mobile, AL; Paul (Valissa) Pogue of Montgomery, AL and Yolanda (Desmond) Smoot of Mobile, AL; three loving aunts, Ivory Hill, Clara Knight, and Naomie Harrison and one uncle, John (Vivian) Bacot, all of Mobile, AL; his nieces and nephews Adrian, Kory, Quentin, Jeraun (Beonca), Ajua, Quenland, Orjul, Wendell Jr., Ricardo, Ashleigh, Tiffiany, Destiney, Dekiah, Desmond Jr., and Deshaun, four devoted sisters in laws Annette Gaddis(Freddie), Jeanette Horton of Atlanta, GA; Wendy Collins Crosby of Laurel, MS and Leonia Collins of Los Angeles, CA and brother in law Lewis Collins, Jr. of Jackson, MS, along with a host of cousins, other relatives, many friends.

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