Obituaries:  Mrs. Bessie Durr Peacock, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       P-220
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 9, 2000
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Bessie Durr Peacock

  Mrs. Bessie Durr Peacock, 90, of Pelican, died Wednesday, Aug.
2, 2000, at Heritage Manor South Nursing Center in Shreveport,
after a lengthy illness.

  Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Friday, Aug. 4, at First
Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, with interment following at Zion
Rest Cemetery in Wallace Community. The Rev. Joe Teibeau, pastor
of First Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, officiated, with the
Rev. David Hill, pastor of Jennings Chapel Congregational
Methodist Church in Marthaville, assisting.

  Survivors include three sons, Bill Peacock and wife Jacquie of
Cleveland, Texas, and Jerry Peacock of Magnolia, Texas; six
daughters, Louise Birdwell and husband Vernon of Marthaville,
Barbara Frisk and husband Stan, Glenda Haire and husband John,
and Patricia Bridges and husband Worley, all of Shreveport,
Elizabeth Sue Peacock of Santa Fe, Texas, and Wanda P. Rambin of
Mansfield; two sisters; four brothers; 37 grandchildren; 61 great
grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; and a host of
nieces and nephews. Mrs. Peacock was preceded in death by her
husband, W. H. Peacock; two sons, Paul Ray Peacock, and Larry D.
Peacock; and grandson, John P. Haire, Jr.

  Pallbearers were Shane Mayo, John Vercher, Dr. Bill Frisk, Billy
Wayne Peacock, Paul Rambin, and Larry B. Rambin.

  Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Mansfield, La.