PEACOCK, Mary - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Attica, March 15 – Miss Mary Peacock, 76 teacher in the local schools for 33 years died at 7:45 o’clock Wednesday night in the Evansville state hospital. She had been a patient there since Sept 1929 and news of her death reached here this afternoon.  Born in Attica on Dec 3, 18857 she was the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Martin) Peacock. She started teaching in the Antioch School east of here coming to Attica again in 1881.  With the exception of 11 years between 1889 and 1900 she had taught continuously since that time retiring in 1925. She was a member of the ME Church and the Monday Afternoon club. No near relatives survive.  The body was returned here to the Coffing & Robinson Funeral Home.  Funeral services in charge of the Rev. WG Warriner will be conducted from the local ME Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with burial in Riverside Cemetery.