Funeral services for Marilyn Kay Peek, age 76, of Brownwood will be held at 2 PM Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Coggin Avenue Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 1-2 at the church. Mrs. Peek passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017.
Kay was born February 1, 1941 in Commerce to William Walter and Florene (Hollowell) Currin. She graduated from Brownwood High School in 1959, attended college at Howard Payne College, East Texas State University, Hardin Simmons College and graduated from Texas Women’s University in 1973 with a degree in education and a minor in art. Kay married Royce Peek in 1967; he preceded her in death in 1989. She taught elementary special education in Krum and Denton and taught Sunday School at First Baptist Church in Brownwood. In 1986, she moved to Brownwood to take care of her parents. Kay was an avid gardener who loved playing bingo, checkers and spending time with her grandchildren. She was a member of Coggin Avenue Baptist Church and the Lydia Sunday School class.
Those left to cherish her memories include her children Kevin, Kirby and Kaneesi Peek of Brownwood; Dianne Creagh of Pennsylvania, Vernon Crawford of Mercury, Vicki Sharp of Brownwood, Tasha Roberson of Santa Anna, Theresa Quinteros of North Richland Hills, and Raymond Sauceda of Harker Heights; and grandchildren, Ebony Peek, Chloe Gardner, Destiny Peek, Braedyn Peek, JaKayla Peek and Kaden Peek.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Royce Peek and her parents.
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