MySource:Amelia.Gerlicher/Obituary for James S. Peek, Carthage Press, Apr. 1, 1940

Carthage Evening Press. Monday, April 1, 1940.

“James S. Peek Dead at 67. Father of Mrs. Carl Sanders Victim of Stroke. Former Farmer of Preston Neighborhood Was 67—Mrs. S.O. Pugh, Carthage, a Sister”

James S. Peek, 67, father of Mrs. Carl Sanders and brother of Mrs. S.O. Pugh of Carthage, died at 5 o’clock yesterday morning at his home, 1511 East Sixth street, Joplin.

Mr. Peek had been a resident of Jasper county since 1898 when he moved her from Sparta, Tenn. where he was born June 24, 1872. He settled at Webb City where he lived 20 years, moving from there to a farm nine miles northwest of Carthage in the Preston community Mr. Peek’s health failed two years ago and in February, 1939, he retired from farming and moved to Joplin. His death followed a paralytic stroke suffered about 6 o’clock Saturday night.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the First Baptist church in Webb City. Other arrangements have not been made.

He is survived by his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Carl [Ida Mae] Sanders of Carthage, Mrs. Joe [Edna] Bundy of Webb City, Mrs. E.T. [Etner] Pratt of Joplin, Mrs. Walter [Beulah] Sellars of Carthage route 2 and Mrs. Alva [Helen] James of Little Rock, Ark.; a son, Jesse Peek of Joplin; four sisters, Mrs. S.O. Pugh [Ava] of Carthage, Mrs. Tom [Gertrude] Greene of Sparta, Tenn, Mrs. James Charles [Josie] of Mountain View, Okla., and Mrs. Arminda Cherry of St. Joe, Ark.; two brothers, Joe Peek of Mountain View, and D.L. Peek of St. Joe; 16 grand-children.

Miss Nadine Sanders, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sanders, and a student at William Jewell college, Liberty, is here to attend the funeral services for her grandfather.

Mr. Peek was a member of the First Baptist church at Purcell.

[Transcribed from 7/93 copies 6/27/98]