CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Wilma J. Peeks, 11 Oct 2003
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Wilma J. Peeks
 
Wilma J. Peeks, 75, of Scotland Drive, Kingsport, Tennessee
went home to be with the Lord, Saturday Oct. 11, 2003 at Wellmont 
Hospice House in Bristol, Tenn. following an extended illness. 
She was born and raised in Elizabethton and had resided in 
Rogersville for the past 30 years. 
She served on the Board of Directors of Rural Health Consortium 
for 12 years, as president for three years, and as a member for 
nine years. She was also treasurer of the Rogersville Lions Club 
along with the recipient of the Melvin Jones Award for Outstanding 
Community Service. 
Mrs. Peeks served on the board for Upper East Tennessee Human 
Development Agency for a number of years. She was a member of First 
United Methodist Church in Rogersville and formerly a member of 
Eastside Christian Church, Elizabethton. 
Survivors include her loving husband of 57 years, Claude Peeks; 
daughters, Jackie Jobe of Kingsport, Jan Rose and husband, Jerry, 
of Knoxville; grandchildren, Scott Forbes and wife, Jennifer 
Harris-Forbes of Carbondale, Ill.; Bryan Forbes and wife, Susan, 
of Knoxville; Amanda Eachus and husband, Matthew, of Stuarts Draft, 
Va.; Clarissa Jean Rose of Colombia, S.C.; great-grandchildren, 
Raegan and Matthew Forbes of Knoxville, and sisters Betty Wandell 
and Sue Stout of Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews and many 
special friends also survive. 
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, October 13, 2003 at 
Christian-Sells Funeral Home, Rogersville, Tenn. Graveside services 
will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at Highland 
Cemetery in Elizabethton. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. 
Christian-Sells Funeral Home, Rogersville, is in charge of arrangements


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