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Dr Harrison L Peeples

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Birth	:	6 Feb 1918 Scotia, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA
Death	:	2 May 2006 Scotia, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Lawtonville Cemetery, Estill, Hampton County, USA
Coordinate	:	32.7514000, -81.2727966
Description	:	Dr. Harrison L. Peeples, 88, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at his home in Greenville, SC. Dr. Peeples was born February 6, 1918, in Scotia, SC, the son of the late Marion Lee Peeples, MD, and Annie (Mason) Peeples. A graduate of Furman High School, The Citadel, and the University of Louisville, Kentucky, Medical School, he served as Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1943 through 1944 and practiced medicine in Hampton and neighboring counties for over 50 years. He served as President of the South Carolina Medical Association from 1979 to 1980. In 1980, he was named South... Read More	Dr. Harrison L. Peeples, 88, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at his home in Greenville, SC. Dr. Peeples was born February 6, 1918, in Scotia, SC, the son of the late Marion Lee Peeples, MD, and Annie (Mason) Peeples. A graduate of Furman High School, The Citadel, and the University of Louisville, Kentucky, Medical School, he served as Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1943 through 1944 and practiced medicine in Hampton and neighboring counties for over 50 years. He served as President of the South Carolina Medical Association from 1979 to 1980. In 1980, he was named South Carolina "Family Doctor of the Year" and in that same year was named as one of the "Top Ten" Family Physicians in the United States by the American Academy of Family Physicians. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston for over 28 years, and served as Chairman of that Board from 1970 through 1974. He has served as a member of the South Carolina Higher Education Commission; as Vice Chairman of the Rural Health Foundation of Hampton County; member of the Board of Education of Hampton County; Delegate to American Medical Association; member of the Board of Visitors of Clemson University, and Founder of the Baptist College of Charleston (now Charleston Southern University). He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science Degree from The Citadel, and an Honorary Doctor of Medical Science Degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He was a member of the Lawtonville Baptist Church, where he had served as Deacon and Superintendent of the Adult Department Sunday School. He devoted his life in multiple endeavors designed to strengthen health care services in Hampton County and the state. He was preceded in death by his brother, Marion Lee Peeples Jr., M.D. Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Elizabeth (Cleland) Peeples; and their three daughters, Elizabeth P. Laffitte and her husband, Henry S. Laffitte, of Allendale, Patricia P. Westmoreland, M.D. and her husband, William T. Westmoreland, M.D., of Greenville, and Brenda P. Batten and her husband, Wise H. Batten, of Estill. Service was held at the Lawtonville Baptist Church in Estill, SC, on Friday, May 5, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., conducted by Rev. Dr. James F. Norris and Rev. Barney Tuten, with interment following at Lawtonville Cemetery near Estill. The family received friends at their home in Scotia. Visitation will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. today and Friday after the services. The family would be happy to receive written remembrances of Dr. Peeples. Memorials could be made to The Medical University of South Carolina, 165 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425; Lebanon Cemetery Association, c/o John D. Causey, 1029 Tin Cup Road, Garnett, SC 29922; or Lawtonville Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1057, Estill, SC 29918. Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home Hampton, SC Published in The Greenville News on May 4, 2006

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Dr Harrison L Peeples's memorial is located at: Lawtonville Cemetery, Estill, Hampton County, USA.
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Dr Harrison L Peeples death on 2 May 2006 in Scotia, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA
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Latitude: 32.7514000
Longitude: -81.2727966

Family Members:

Parent

Dr Marion Lee Peeples Sr.

(1870 - 1948)

Annie Mason Peeples

(1890 - 1953)

Spouse

Lillian Elizabeth Cleland Peeples

(1918 - 2009)

Siblings

Infant Son Peeples

(unknow - unknow)

Clothiel Peeples

(1897 - 1898)

Marion Lee Peeples Jr.

(1902 - 1986)

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