Jonas Monroe Peacock Obituary

Jonas Monroe Peacock was born 26 June 1856, a son of Jacob Ludwig Peacock and Eve Catherine Troutman Culp of Cabarrus Couty, North Carolina.  

Jonas Monroe Peacock married Jenetta Elizabeth Cauble on 10 September 1874 in Cabarrus County. She was a daughter of Simeon Cauble and Mary Ann Huneycutt.  

Jonas and Jenetta, aka Janet, hsd three children; two daughters and a son James Walter Peacock who was a Doctor in Thomasville, North Carolina. 

Obituary: 

J. M. PEACOCK OF LAKELAND DEAD  

PROMINENT CITIZEN PASSED AWAY AT TAMPA

Following an Operation---Methodist Pastor Preaches Against Certain Amusements. 

Lakeland, Fla., June 4. The funeral of the late J. M. Peacock was held from, the family residence Sunday afternoon, and the remains interred to rest in the City cemetery. Mr. Peacock had been in poor health for some time and last week was sent to Tampa to undergo an operation for an abscess on the liver. The operation was successful, and the physicians thought he would be able to regain his health again, but on account of the weak condition of the rundown system he was not able to hold up and on Saturday night he breathed his last.

The family was notified and the body was sent up here at noon Sunday. He was a man of excellent qualities and owned considerable business and residential property in the city. The block on Florida avenue, formerly occupied by the officials of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad as a passenger station while the new depot was being constructed, was owned by the deceased. 

Rev. I. C. Jenkins, pastor of the First Methodist church, has been preaching a series of sermons on amusements as condemned by the church and has not failed to handle the subject without fear. He paid his respects to all classes of harmful amusements and showed how such things retard the progress of the Christian's life. The revival that has been in progress in Dixie Land under the care of the Methodist church of this city came to a close last night and despite the fact that the rainy weather has kept a number of people away from the services there have been about twenty names added to the church.

Sunday afternoon a regular Sunday school was organized there and will be held regularly every Sunday. Steps will be taken at once to build a chapel in that part of town and when it is completed regular services will be held there. 

[The Tampa Times, Tampa, Florida, June 04, 1912, Page 3, Column 5]

Obituary: 

MR. J. M. PEACOCK

Mr. J. M. Peacock, who had been seriously ill for the past two months passed away Saturday night at the Gordon Keller hospital in Tampa, whither he was take to be operated on for anlo abscess of the liver. The operation was performed, and it was thought Mr. Peacock was getting along remarkably well; however, Saturday afternoon he began to sink, and before any of the family could reach his bedside, he had passed to his final reward. 

The body was brought up to Lakeland yesterday morning at 11:35 and the funeral was conducted yesterday afternoon from the family residence at 4 o'clock, Rev. Isaac C. Jenkins officiating. A large number of sorrowing friends were present to pay their last respects. 

Mr. Peacock came to Lakeland several years ago from North Carolina and engaged in the lumber business, being associated in this business with his son-in-law, Mr. R. E. Lufsey, until the business was sold to the firm now known as the Lakeland Manufacturing Co. He owned a huge business block on South Florida avenue, and had built a lovely home, one of the handsomest in the city. In this way, Mr. Peacock was a considerable factor in the upbuilding and development of Lakeland, and in his passing he will be greatly missed. He was a man who was honorable, in all of his dealings, a man of splendid character, and in his passing the bereaved family, which consists of a devoted wife, two daughters, Mrs. Paul O'Doniel and Mrs. R. E. Lufsey, and a son, Dr. J. W. Peacock of Thomasville, N.C. have the sympathy of their many friends. 

From Find a Grave Memorial ID:#246015245; Posted by LKLD_Taphophile

Jenetta Elizabeth Cauble, wife of Jonas Monroe Peacock, is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.  

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1. "J. M. PEACOCK OF LAKELAND DEAD," obituary; death notice, The Tampa Times, Tampa, Florida, 4 June 1912, Page 3, Column 5; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : online January 2024); https://www.newspapers.com/.

2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed January 2024); Memorial page for Jonas Monroe Peacock; (26 June 1856–1 June 1912); Find a Grave memorial # 246015245, Citing Lakeview Cemetery; Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA.