Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Peele, Edward R Jr. March 16, 1945
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot April 7, 1945
Edward R. Peele, Jr., 19, was killed in action March 16 in Europe while serving 
in the infantry with Patch's Seventh Army, according to a War Department 
telegram received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Peele, of 624 
Boissevain Avenue.  He had been reported missing for several weeks.  A graduate 
of Maury High School, he worked for the Virginian-Pilot newsroom before entering 
the Army January 17, 1944.  He went overseas in November.  Besides his parents, 
he is survived by a sister, Nancy and a brother, Sam, both of Norfolk.
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Pfc E.R. Peele Reburied Here

Reburial services for Private First Class Edward R. Peele, Jr., who was killed 
in action in Germany on March 16, 1945, were conducted at the grave in Forest 
Lawn Cemetery yesterday at 3:30 p.m. by Dr. E. Ruffin Jones.
He was a member of Company F, 255th Infantry Regiment, 83d Division, Seventh 
Army.
He is survived by his parents, Edward R. and Mrs. Florence Clarke Peele, who 
reside at 614 Boissevain Avenue; a sister, Miss Nancy Cobb Peele and a brother, 
Samuel Clarke Peele.
Pallbearers were Merriel Paris, John G. Peele, Harold Bennett, E.M. Williams and 
W.L. Bradshaw.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot December 5, 1948

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Forest Lawn

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