Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Peake, Johnnie Eugene January 7, 1957
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Virginian Pilot January 8, 1957

                              Tragedy in Riverdale

                        Boy, 6, Is Strangled Accidentally

SOUTH NORFOLK - A six-year-old school boy accidentally strangled himself at his 
home in Riverdale yesterday after he went into a closet to hang up his coat..
Johnnie Eugene Peake was pronounced dead on arrival at Norfolk General Hospital. 
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eugene Peake of 2978 Welcome Rd.
Police said the child went to the closet to hang up his coat after he came into 
the house shortly before 5:30 p.m. He had been outside playing.
                               Chin Caught on Rod
The boy was standing on a stool inside the closet in order to reach the rod on 
which he was trying to hang the coat.  Apparently he slipped and caught his chin 
on the rod.
Patrolmen C.L. Owens and George Paspas Jr. rushed the victim to the hospital in 
a police ambulance for emergency treatment.  The boy was dead before they 
arrived at the hospital.
The child would have been seven years old on Jan 17. He was a member of St. 
Mary's Catholic Church in Norfolk and a first grade student at St. Mary's 
School.
Besides his parents, the boy is survived by a brother, Michael Thomas Peake; his 
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Amanda Belle Peake and his maternal grandparents, Mr. 
and Mrs. John T. Fly of South Norfolk. 
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic 
Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Funeral services for Johnnie Eugene Peake, six-year-old son of Harry Eugene and 
Mrs. Beverly Fly Peake, who died Monday, were conducted at St. Mary's Catholic 
Church yesterday at 10 a.m. by the Rev. Peter Schouten, pastor. The Rev Richard 
Rivard and the Rev. William P. Connelly were present in the sanctuary. Burial 
was in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Virginian Pilot January 11, 1957

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