Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Peevy, Goldmon August 12, 2006
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Diane Renfrow dianel14@gmail.com May 11, 2016, 9:22 am

Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - August 19, 2006
NORFOLK - At 6-foot-2, 250 pounds, "Sarge" Peevy was built like a pillar.

And that's what he was, whether it was for his Army buddies, Historic First
Baptist Church or his family.

"He was a fighter who never got down and never let you get down," said his wife,
Evelyn.

Peevy, who died Aug. 12 at age 89, was born in Monroe, La., to a single mother
who died when he was a child. Raised by his grandmother and aunt, he labored in
cotton fields, picked melons and worked in a general store to help support them.

He left behind his given name, Goldmon, during a 30-year military career that
spanned World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. He served as a platoon leader,
military policeman and mess sergeant. At one point, he suffered a leg wound so
severe, he was told he would never walk again. He recovered.

While stationed at Fort Story, Peevy heard about a guidance counselor in
Norfolk. The two talked on the phone for a month before they dated.

"He told me every woman he had ever met tried to trick him," said Evelyn Peevy,
laughing. "I told him, 'I don't have time for tricks.'" Peevy and Evelyn, who
had three teenage children, married in 1971.

"He was one brave man to take on all of us," she said.

When his wife studied for her doctorate at Virginia Tech, Peevy gave up his job
and moved to Blacksburg to see her through the two years.

"He was really the wind beneath her wings, and all of us," said daughter Pat
Taylor. "He was always telling us, 'You can do it.' "

Sarge, who was a chef at Lake Wright Motel for many years, did most of the
cooking at home, specializing in heaping portions.

He devoted most of his energy in his latter years to the church. He helped start
the soup kitchen ministry, was a member of the Big Brotherhood Sunday School
class, attended the Bible Academy and was known for his emotional praying. For
special occasions, Sarge baked his two-layered sheet cake. He was voted the
church's Man of the Year in 1993.

Diagnosed with myeloma, he was told he had six months to live. Peevy would live
three more years before small cell cancer took its toll.

Said retired Army sergeant and friend Charles Greer: "Sarge was the guy you
could always count on."
-------- 

Additional Comments:
Calvary Cemetery

PEEVY, GOLDMAN 287 Section OLD CALVARY, Block T, Lot 20, Space S 89 M 08/19/2006

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/p/peevy11534gob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/

File size: 2.9 Kb