Ray E. Peacock, 78, of Fort Smith, AR passed away on May 13, 2019. He was born July 27, 1940 in Liberal, KS to Raymond Peacock & Ruby (Nix) Peacock. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Larry Peacock; and granddaughter, Brandi Wooten. He is survived by his loving wife, Pam Peacock, of 59 years; daughter, Debbie & husband Tommy Perito, daughter, Deanna and husband Ray Strickland; son, Raymond L. & wife Anne Peacock; daughter, Wendy and husband Marty Denne and daughter, Lisa and husband Micky Van Hecke. He is also survived by his nine grandchildren, Emily Treadaway, Blake Peacock, Ryan Denne, Lauren Denne, Kaila Webb, Dani Nichols, Alex Perito, Kyle Denne & Lane Denne; and his six great-grandchildren, Hailey, Alana, Colin, Hayden, Brandon & Alicen.
Ray was very proud to become an Eagle Scout and earn his God & Country award while in high school. Out of high school, he joined the 101st Airborne where he was a paratrooper. He later became a Kansas City, MO firefighter until he moved to Van Buren, AR where he worked as a truck driver for Bell Trucking. He later founded his own trucking company Peacock Enterprises until he retired in 2010. After retirement he joined the Elks Lodge 341 where he loved his Elks family and their volunteer work. Some of his many loves were boating, motorcycles, drag racing and driving his modified race car. He was also an avid reader beginning as a young boy.
Visitation will be Wednesday 5:00pm to 7:00pm with a Rosary beginning at 6:00pm at Edwards Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Friday at 12:30pm at Immaculate Conception Church with burial immediately following at the U.S. National Cemetery in Fort Smith.
Pallbearers will be Blake Peacock, Ryan Denne, Alex Perito, Kyle Denne, Don Chavis, Steve Burton, Damon Reeder & Guy Smith.
The Peacock Family would like to thank Dr. Charles Jennings for all his continued years of service and care for Ray. The family has also asked for donations to be made to the Parkinson's Foundation or the Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Foundation at michaeljfox.org
