Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Haggard Peek will be held on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 6:00 P.M. at Coffee County Funeral Chapel with Reverend Jim Parks officiating. Visitation with the family will be held from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM. A private interment with the family will be conducted on Friday, August 12, 2016 at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Peek passed from her earthly home on Sunday, August 7, 2016.
Ruth Haggard Peek was born on May 13, 1923 in Manchester. As the fourth child of Will and Mary Della Haggard, she spent her childhood in the Asbury and Ragsdale communities. She was employed by Start Union (the pajama factory) beginning at age fifteen. She married George Peek in 1941. When George was drafted into WWII, she moved with him to various army training camps at first alone and later with their infant daughter. When he was deployed to Germany, she returned to Manchester and spend the next nineteen years as a homemaker and raising their four children. When he youngest son reached school age, she returned to work at PCA and continued working until 1990. After her retirement, Ruth took great pleasure in taking care of her home and large wooded yard. She loved to cook for her family, especially Sunday afternoon dinner meals, and entertained on many occasions with family reunions in her backyard. She was an excellent seamstress and during the last fifteen years of her life hand pieced and quilted numerous beautiful quilts for her children and grandchildren. She was a founding member of Forest Mill Baptist Church, and in later years was a faithful member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Will and Della Haggard; husband, George at age 56 in 1978; her beloved youngest son, Rickey Wayne who passed away at age 52 in 2008; two sisters and brother-in-law, Jean Haggard Brown and Fred, Geraldine Haggard Elrod and Elmer; five brothers and three sister-in-laws, Lewis and Francis Haggard, Woodrow and Hazel Haggard, Leo Haggard, Raymond and Edith Haggard, Wendell Haggard. Ruth is survived by her three children, Brenda Peek Vickers (Larry), Winfred Peek (Phyllis), Gale Peek Scivally; seven grandchildren, Jeff, Caroline, Heath, Josh, Katie, Hunter and Chance; six great-grandchildren, Alicia, Jonas, Avery, Grace, Brandon, Stephani and Nicole.
For the last three years she was a resident of McArthur Manor in Manchester. She and her family were truly blessed to have known and experienced the kind, loving, compassionate care providers and residents who were her family and friends. A special thank you to Dr. Stephen Bills (30 years) and Sun Crest Health Care, especially Physical Therapist Holly Johnson, for their excellent care and friendship.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to: St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 30 Cat Creek Rd., Manchester, TN 37355. Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the Peek family.
