Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Peeks, David Norman, Jr. March 8, 2008
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Elizabethton Star  March 10, 2008
David Norman Peeks Jr. 


    David Norman Peeks Jr., 86, of Elizabethton, died Saturday, March 8, 2008, 
in the VA Nursing Home, Mountain Home, after an extended illness. 


    A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late David Norman Peeks Sr. 
and Eliza Bowers Peeks. 


    In his earlier years, Mr. Peeks was a self-employed plumber and pipe 
fitter. In later years he owned and operated Peeks Used Cars. 


    Mr. Peeks was instrumental in starting Cross Roads in Carter County and he 
served on the Board of Directors for several years. He served in the United 
States Army during World War II and was a Disabled American Veteran. He was a 
member of Grace Baptist Church. 


    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, 
Harold and Eldred Peeks, and two sisters, Rosella Peeks and Novella McKinney. 


    Survivors include four daughters and two sons-in-law, Norma and Cecil 
Hill, Roan Mountain, Pamela and Joseph Perry, Piedmont, S.C., Teresa Norris, 
Elizabethton, and Jerri Sue Beeson, Johnson City; five grandchildren, James 
Kenneth Watson Jr., David Russell Watson, Bradley Shane Peeks, Sara Michelle 
Loudermilk and Whitney Layne Norris; a sister, Crystal Gay, Pensacola, Fla.; a 
sister-in-law, Georgia Peeks; several nieces and nephews including a special 
niece, Judy Mears, Apopka, Fla.; a nephew, Joe McKinney, Miami, Fla.; and a 
great-nephew, Kenny Mears, Apopka, Fla. 


    Funeral services for Mr. Peeks will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 
11, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Art Webb officiating. Music will 
be provided by Kenny Lethcoe. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 
a.m. Wednesday, March 12, in the Bowers Cemetery (Siam Community). Active 
pallbearers will be Cecil Hill, James Watson, Joseph Perry, Lanny Norris, 
Bradley Peeks and David Watson. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Carol Procter 
and Staff and patients of the First Floor of the VA Nursing Home. Military 
Honors will be provided by the VFW Post #2166 and the Tennessee National 
Guard. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral 
home. Friends may also call at his residence. Family and friends will assemble 
at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences 
to the Peeks family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. 


    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements

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