Peggy Jean Samuels, 83, of Indianapolis passed away on March 16, 2016. She was born in Melburn, KY on August 9, 1932 to John Edmond and Dixie Lee (Cumby) Long; where she grew up on a farm. Peggy loved God and the Son. She was a member of Drexel Gardens Christian Church. She loved her family, friends, babies and animals. Peggy was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her greatest joy was laughing and cutting up with people. Peggy enjoyed making clothes, crafts and gardening in her flower beds. She worked in retail sales and as a seamstress making men’s suits. Peggy started playing music with her brother Jody and his wife Daisy in the late 50’s, and from that start she played music with her own band for 35 years known as “Peggy and the Cast-A-Ways.” She played base and sang country music. Peggy is preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Jodie and Jake Long; sisters Evie Will, Francis, Eidith, Florence, Jannie and Acelene; one grandson, Ronnie G. Robinson Jr. Peggy leaves behind to cherish her memory a loving and devoted husband of 43 years, Mr. Henry L. “Hank” Samuels; daughter, Joan Crowder; son, Ronnie Gene Robison , daughter-in-law Shelia ; step-children, Chris (Steve) Tullie, Earnest (Debra) Samuels, Janiene (Jay) Downs and Theodore (Elizabeth) Samuels; 11 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren; adopted families, Linda and Dean Gail, Sandra Guiarimo, Robert Chavez and Claudia Ruiz; special friends Bobbie and Julie, Mike and Jennifer, Mark and Jackie, Joyce Spears and Teresa Long. She will be loved and missed by many. Peggy was the “Grandma” to many neighborhood kids.