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1934 - 2023 (89 years)| Name | Joe Frank PEEK [2, 3, 4, 5] | |
| Prefix | Reverend Dr. | |
| Birth | 1 Feb 1934 | Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee  |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | JOE FRANK PEEK Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2023 6:00 am The Rev. Dr. Joe Frank Peek, beloved and devoted husband for 52 years to the late Betty Jean Cooper Peek, died on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. He was born on Feb. 1, 1934, in Nashville, Tennessee, a son of the late Alvin and Lady Ruth Jordan Peek. The family relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee, around 1940 and became dedicated members of Lincoln Park Baptist Church. At the age of 14, he followed God's call to the ministry and was ordained by the same church in 1955. After graduating from Knoxville Central High School in 1952, he enrolled and graduated from Carson Newman College in 1956. He then earned his master's degree in 1961 at Southeastern Theological Seminary in Wake Forest and, in 1990, he earned a Doctor of Ministry Degree at Drew University, located in Madison, New Jersey. He held several interim pastorate positions in Virginia and Tennessee before accepting his first full-time call as pastor of North Hills Baptist Church in Knoxville. He then served from 1960 to 1963 at Belhaven Baptist in North Carolina. He then became the second pastor of Hillcrest Baptist in Suffolk, Virginia, from 1963 to 1966. In 1966, he was called to Bonsack Baptist Church in Roanoke, Virginia, where he led the initial phases of a building program that has now resulted in the church today being one of the largest in the state of Virginia. In 1969, he relocated to East Brainerd Baptist Church in Chattanooga, where he served from 1969 to 1975, where he then took the position as pastor of Cooper River Baptist Church. In 1982, he had to deal with a major hardship, as the church was destroyed by an arson fire and then led the church through a rebuilding program climaxed with the dedication of the new structure in 1984. In 1985, he was called to New Hope Baptist Church in Lancaster and then relocated to Bethune Baptist Church in 1992, where he entered retirement in 1997. During his years as a full-time minister, he held numerous leadership positions in the Virginia and South Carolina Baptist State Associations. He served two state universities as a member of the board of trustees at North Greenville University and served on the pastors advisory board to the president at Charleston Southern University. During his post retirement, he held multiple interim pastorate positions in the Sumter area, served as a chaplain for Market Place Ministry and was a football official for the South Carolina Football Officials Association in the Sumter District. He was predeceased by his brothers, the Rev. Robert Peek and William Peek; his sister, Betty Ruth Graham; brother-in-law, the Rev. Doyne Graham; and sister-in-law, Jean Peek. Dr. Peek is survived by his children, John Frank Peek and his wife, Gale, of Summerville, David Alvin Peek and his wife, Jill, of Seminole, Florida, the Rev. Paula Peek Griffin and her husband, Ashton "T," of Spartanburg and Michael Cooper Peek and his wife, Jill, of Rock Hill; six grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his sister-in law, Willodene Peek. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. James R. Chandler Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Sumter Cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home, prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alvin S. Peek Scholarship Fund at Carson Newman University, in care of the Alumni Relations, 1646 Russell Ave., Jefferson City, TN 37760. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. [1] | |
| _UID | BF817D1D00A0409B8AD2A3CB9AFB92549A49 | |
| Death | 15 Oct 2023 | Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Burial | 21 Oct 2023 | Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [1] |
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| Person ID | I146063 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 21 Oct 2023 | |
| Father | Alvin PEEK d. Bef 15 Oct 2023 | |
| Mother | Lady Ruth JORDAN d. Bef 15 Oct 2023 | |
| _UID | 486527BD1A574AE4AD9F5D56454BABF55FE0 | |
| _UID | 486527BD1A574AE4AD9F5D56454BABF55FE0 | |
| Family ID | F228695 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Betty Jean COOPER, b. Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 10 Feb 2009, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina | |||||||||
| Marriage | 1958 [4] | |||||||||
| _UID | 0F8EF2F1F49844E6A6D7EF2B9F6862DA1045 | |||||||||
| _UID | 0F8EF2F1F49844E6A6D7EF2B9F6862DA1045 | |||||||||
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| Family ID | F100046 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 14 Feb 2009 | |||||||||
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