Archive Entry Date: 10/2/1968
Buck died at the young age of 53
Archive Entry Date: 1/1946
The divorce papers of Richard Pryor's parents
Archive Entry Date: 3/1945
A Peoria grand jury indicted LeRoy Pryor for robbing a black soldier
Archive Entry Date: 7/25/44
LeRoy Pryor was discharged without honor from the US Army at the height of mobilization for WWII
Archive Entry Date: 12/28/1943
Three years after he was born, World War II spurred Richard's parents to marry
Archive Entry Date: 05/27/1917
In a possible family feud, Marie's brother swore out a warrant against her husband
Archive Entry Date: 04/03/1917
Another assault charge filed by Marie Pryor against her husband Roy
Archive Entry Date: 06/22/1916
Roy Pryor was arrested and fined for using “bad language”
Archive Entry Date: 11/23/1959
The Club Lavon and Hotel Avion, once part of Peoria's vice circuit, were bombed and burned
Archive Entry Date: c. 1945
The Pryor family diversified its operations, becoming proud owners of a tavern in the mid-40s
Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1922
After almost eight years of marriage, Marie Pryor divorced her husband Roy
Archive Entry Date: 8/07/1914
At age 14 Marie Carter married Roy Pryor and became Marie Pryor
Archive Entry Date: 11/15/1967
Buck arrested for 3rd time in as many years for running a brothel
Archive Entry Date: 2/13/1945
A black sergeant, flush with cash, was robbed on N. Washington Street — and Richard's father seems to have been the culprit
Archive Entry Date: 1939
Peoria had a divorce rate nearly twice the US average; a sociologist surveyed Peoria from all angles to discover why
Archive Entry Date: 03/ 17/1931
At age 15, Marie's son LeRoy — later Richard's father — was arrested for disorderly conduct
Archive Entry Date: 06/06/1928
Six years after his divorce from Marie, Roy Pryor faced a grand larceny charge
Archive Entry Date: 11/20/1925
After an argument with his boss, Roy Pryor found himself at gunpoint
Archive Entry Date: 12/07/1924
A divorced Roy Pryor was caught on the opposite side of a crime for once — duped by a mugger
Archive Entry Date: 01/05/1919
Roy Pryor paid a steep fine for running a gaming table from his home
Archive Entry Date: 11/19/1916
Marie preferred to have her husband Roy in jail rather than near her baby
Archive Entry Date: 09/22/1916
A judge weighed in on a fight between Roy Pryor and a bill collector
Archive Entry Date: 12/06/1915
When Marie attended a “grand ball” by herself, her husband beat her for it
Archive Entry Date: 04/01/1910
Roy Pryor gave “back talk” to a policeman who tried to pacify him
