Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Name“Woody” Elwood Cox PEELE Jr. 
20,3, Clara Mae Walker Phillips,3, Mr. Harvey Alexander Walker,3, Linda Walker Peele,470, Elwood Cox “Woody” Peele Jr.
20,3, Clara Mae Walker Phillips,3, Mr. Harvey Alexander Walker,3, Linda Walker Peele,470, Elwood Cox “Woody” Peele Jr.BirthJun 28, 1938, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina20,470, Elwood Cox “Woody” Peele Jr.
DeathSep 12, 2024470, Elwood Cox “Woody” Peele Jr.
BurialPinewood Memorial Park, 4150 E 10th Street, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina470, Elwood Cox “Woody” Peele Jr.
FatherElwood Cox PEELE Sr.
MotherEmma GIBSON
Spouses
1Linda Faye WALKER 20,3, Clara Mae Walker Phillips,3, Mr. Harvey Alexander Walker,626,3, Linda Walker Peele,261, Robert Cleveland Fogleman ,470, Linda Walker Peele
20,3, Clara Mae Walker Phillips,3, Mr. Harvey Alexander Walker,626,3, Linda Walker Peele,261, Robert Cleveland Fogleman ,470, Linda Walker PeeleBirthDec 21, 193920
DeathJan 12, 2023, Winterville, Pitt County, North Carolina3, Linda Walker Peele
BurialPinewood Memorial Park, 4150 E 10th Street, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina3, Linda Walker Peele
FatherJoel Teed WALKER (1903-1982)
MotherMattie Lee CLAPP (1907-1998)
MarriageJun 11, 196020,3, Linda Walker Peele,470, Elwood Cox “Woody” Peele Jr.
Obituary Online notes for “Woody” Elwood Cox PEELE Jr.
Elwood Cox "Woody" Peele Jr. passed away at Greendale Forest on September 12, 2024.
Funeral services will be held at Wilkerson Funeral Home at 2:00 PM on Sunday, September 15, 2024. Burial will be in Pinewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Sunday prior to the service at the funeral home from 12:30 to 1:45 PM.
He was born June 28, 1938 to Emma Gibson Peele and Elwood Peele, Sr. in Burlington, NC. He later lived in Bayside, Long Island, N.Y. and Indianapolis, Ind., before returning to Burlington where he graduated from W.M. Williams High School in 1956. He earned a bachelor's degree at Wake Forest College in 1960, a member of the first class to attend four years at the new Winston-Salem campus. While at Wake, he served as sports editor of the campus newspaper.
On June 11, 1960, he married Linda Faye Walker of Burlington and the couple shortly moved to Goldsboro, where he worked in various positions, including sports editor when the regular sports editor went on vacation.
In January, 1964, he became sports editor of the Daily Reflector, covering the 13 high schools in Pitt County, along with two others in Martin County and one in Greene County, prior to the consolidation of most of the schools. He also covered East Carolina College (later University) and local recreational sports.
While covering East Carolina, he served as official scorer for football, men's and women's basketball and baseball. After ECU moved these positions in-house, he was still called on for scoring rulings.
One of his proudest moments was with the founding of the ECU Sports Hall of Fame. He initially brought the idea to then assistant director of athletics Bill Cain, who took the idea to then athletic director Clarence Stasavich, who then appointed Cain and Peele as a committee of two to come up with a full proposal.
Peele contacted several schools with halls of fame and from them, compiled a full proposal which Stasavich took to then Chancellor Leo Jenkins, who approved it.
Peele then served on the selection committee for several years before the board of trustees appointed a new panel, which only included Cain, who was serving as chairman. Peele continued to nominate Pirates to be named to the Hall.
He continued to write sports for the Reflector, later named as senior writer. He won several prizes for his writing over the years.
He retired from the Reflector on June 4, 2004, after over 40 years with the paper. After retiring, he continued to write a golf column for the paper.
In his free time, he compiled a history of the Peele family from the first Peele to come to America in 1621 through the latest children born in the direct line from him.
He was predeceased by his wife, Linda, of 62 years. Surviving children Scott Peele and wife Debra; Susan Hamm and husband Al; and Steve Peele and wife Crystal; grandchildren Lauren Hurdle and husband Chris; Kristen Lee and husband Bruce; Anna Winslow and husband Lloyd, Caroline Hamm; Stuart Hamm; Erin Edge and husband, Robert and Seth Peele; great grandchildren Ally and Aubrey Hurdle, Drake Lee, Ainsley, Chip and Eva Kate Winslow. Also surviving sister Judy Breese and husband, Tom; brother David and wife Lisa; brother-in-law Joel Walker; and sister-in-law, Nancy Fogleman.
He was a member of St. James United Methodist Church where he served as a member of the choir for years. He loved golf and played at nearly every course in the eastern part of the state.
Special thanks to Lillian Little, the staff of Brookdale Dickinson Avenue, the staff of Greendale Forest, and Cardinal Hospice Care.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: the ECU Pirate Club, Ward Sports Medicine Bldg, Greenville, NC 27858; the Maynard Children's Hospital; St. Jude Children's Hospital; or the National Kidney Foundation @ www.kidney.org.
Funeral services will be held at Wilkerson Funeral Home at 2:00 PM on Sunday, September 15, 2024. Burial will be in Pinewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Sunday prior to the service at the funeral home from 12:30 to 1:45 PM.
He was born June 28, 1938 to Emma Gibson Peele and Elwood Peele, Sr. in Burlington, NC. He later lived in Bayside, Long Island, N.Y. and Indianapolis, Ind., before returning to Burlington where he graduated from W.M. Williams High School in 1956. He earned a bachelor's degree at Wake Forest College in 1960, a member of the first class to attend four years at the new Winston-Salem campus. While at Wake, he served as sports editor of the campus newspaper.
On June 11, 1960, he married Linda Faye Walker of Burlington and the couple shortly moved to Goldsboro, where he worked in various positions, including sports editor when the regular sports editor went on vacation.
In January, 1964, he became sports editor of the Daily Reflector, covering the 13 high schools in Pitt County, along with two others in Martin County and one in Greene County, prior to the consolidation of most of the schools. He also covered East Carolina College (later University) and local recreational sports.
While covering East Carolina, he served as official scorer for football, men's and women's basketball and baseball. After ECU moved these positions in-house, he was still called on for scoring rulings.
One of his proudest moments was with the founding of the ECU Sports Hall of Fame. He initially brought the idea to then assistant director of athletics Bill Cain, who took the idea to then athletic director Clarence Stasavich, who then appointed Cain and Peele as a committee of two to come up with a full proposal.
Peele contacted several schools with halls of fame and from them, compiled a full proposal which Stasavich took to then Chancellor Leo Jenkins, who approved it.
Peele then served on the selection committee for several years before the board of trustees appointed a new panel, which only included Cain, who was serving as chairman. Peele continued to nominate Pirates to be named to the Hall.
He continued to write sports for the Reflector, later named as senior writer. He won several prizes for his writing over the years.
He retired from the Reflector on June 4, 2004, after over 40 years with the paper. After retiring, he continued to write a golf column for the paper.
In his free time, he compiled a history of the Peele family from the first Peele to come to America in 1621 through the latest children born in the direct line from him.
He was predeceased by his wife, Linda, of 62 years. Surviving children Scott Peele and wife Debra; Susan Hamm and husband Al; and Steve Peele and wife Crystal; grandchildren Lauren Hurdle and husband Chris; Kristen Lee and husband Bruce; Anna Winslow and husband Lloyd, Caroline Hamm; Stuart Hamm; Erin Edge and husband, Robert and Seth Peele; great grandchildren Ally and Aubrey Hurdle, Drake Lee, Ainsley, Chip and Eva Kate Winslow. Also surviving sister Judy Breese and husband, Tom; brother David and wife Lisa; brother-in-law Joel Walker; and sister-in-law, Nancy Fogleman.
He was a member of St. James United Methodist Church where he served as a member of the choir for years. He loved golf and played at nearly every course in the eastern part of the state.
Special thanks to Lillian Little, the staff of Brookdale Dickinson Avenue, the staff of Greendale Forest, and Cardinal Hospice Care.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: the ECU Pirate Club, Ward Sports Medicine Bldg, Greenville, NC 27858; the Maynard Children's Hospital; St. Jude Children's Hospital; or the National Kidney Foundation @ www.kidney.org.