Obituary of Mable Peake

Mable Caldwell Peake MURRYSVILLE, PA: Services for Mable Caldwell Peake, 87, formerly of West Columbia, SC, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 22, 2011, at Grace Baptist Church, Shumpert Chapel, officiated by Dr. B. Clayton Shumpert, Dr. Bill Egerdahl and Rev. Alton Caldwell. Interment will follow at Newberry Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. prior to service at the church. Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington will be assisting the family. Mrs. Peake, widow of Herbert Wayne Peake, died peacefully and went to join her Savior, Jesus Christ, Tuesday, October 18, 2011 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Born in Pomaria, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Middleton Caldwell and Anna McCollum Caldwell. She was a loving wife and mother and will be dearly missed by her family and friends. Mable's desire to be a missionary to boys and girls brought her to Baptist Bible Seminary, at that time in Johnson City, NY. While in NY, in 1952, she met and married Wayne Peake of Binghamton, NY and they lived in Chenango Bridge, NY until 1977 when they moved to South Carolina. She faithfully taught Sunday School for 4 and 5 year-old children for more than 30 years. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church in West Columbia, SC. Surviving are her daughter, Carolyn Pelletier (Mike) of Monroeville, PA; sons, Robert Peake (Jackie) of Scottsville, VA; and Norman Peake (Julie) of Florence, SC; sisters, Ruby Wicker and Antoinette Wicker of Pomaria, SC, Pearl Eddings and Betty Rhodus of Camden, SC, and Violet Coker of Greenville; brother, Rev. Alton Caldwell of Lexington, SC; grandchildren, Ryan, Rachel, Robbie, Katie, Taylor and Wesley Peake; step-grandchildren, Josh and Amanda Pelletier and Bethany Pelletier. Mrs. Peake was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, two sisters- Ellen Ringer and Emily Bogan; two brothers- John Robert and Cecil M. Caldwell, and step-grandchild, Jonny Pelletier. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Grace Baptist Church- Children's Ministry, 416 Denham Ave., West Columbia, SC 29169. Family and friends may sign online guest book at www.thompsonsfuneral.com