Pierce County GaArchives Obituaries.....Peacock, Lemuel Wiley May 1 1947
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The Blackshear Times 05/08/1947
L.W. Peacock, 71, Former Blackshear Police Chief, Dies

     Lemuel Wiley Peacock, 71, native and prominent citizen of Blackshear, died
in Jacksonville Thursday afternoon, May 1, following a long illness.
     Mr. Peacock was well known in this section, having been for many years a
landowner and planter in Pierce County. He served at one time as chief of police
for the city of Blackshear and for 12 years deputy sheriff of Pierce County.
     Survivors include his wife Mrs. Kate Johns Peacock, three daughters, Mrs.
J.F. Walker, Mrs. W.J. Moody, Mrs. Robert W. Head, all of Jacksonville, two
sons, Chester H. Peacock of Jacksonville and Lonnie R. Peacock of Blackshear,
two sisters, Mrs. Ernie Tuten and Mrs. Daisy Burell of Blackshear, and eight
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 
     Funeral services were held Sunday morning from the Rehobeth Missionary
Baptist Church in Pierce County, where Mr. Peacock was a member. The pastor,
J.H. Thompson, officiated. Burial was in Rehobeth cemetery.
     Active pallbearers were H.M. Carter, J.R. Walker Jr., L.J. Cason, C.H.D.
Youmans, Millard Johnson and H.D. Griffin.
     Honorary pallbearers were Lem Knowlton, L.E. Sweat, J.B. Brown, W.C. Grady,
M.C. Carter, S.A. Griffis and Dr. G.T. Hendry.
     Darling Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.



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