John Dow "J.D." Peake, 97, Bowling Green, died at 8:10 a.m. Friday, June 25, 2010.

Born May 31, 1913, Peake was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church for 10 years and earned the title of being the oldest member in the church. He was also past member of St. Augustine Church in Lebanon for 47 years and member of the Knights of Columbus. He was a very active member in Lebanon Senior Citizens and Village Manor in Bowling Green.

J.D. was a fun, curious, spunky man who always had a twinkle in his eye and smile for everyone. He loved his family deeply and worked very hard to provide for them. He was involved with building the first roads by pulling a team of horses in Marion County. He farmed, built his own homes and worked at Heaven Hill Distillery after World War I. As World War II approached, he moved his family to Louisville and became a welder building airplanes. After the war, he moved his family back to Marion County to farm and built another house. He went to work at a new company named Pepsi Cola and moved the family to Lebanon. He was a route driver and became a manager for them. He became an insurance salesman at the age of 45 and was very successful.
In the 1960s, he bought Ashland gas station and incorporated a greyhound bus station within. In the mid 1960s, he decided to buy a dairy freeze and he and his wife Mary ran Peake's Dairy Freeze for 10 years. He also bought a home, made it into an apartment building and used the land for Peake's Trailer Park.
J.D. also enjoyed and loved to watch The Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune.
Upon retiring, his love of work lead him to be the manager of his daughter and son-in-law's Hallmark card shop and work the soda fountain at their drugstore on Sunday mornings. Once he retired from this and his beautiful wife passed, he moved to Bowling Green in 2000. He touched many people's lives here and emanated love to all he met.
He was preceded in death by: his father, John Peake, and mother, Lola Fogle Peake.

Survivors include: three daughters, Toni (Bill) Mullins of Louisville, Mary Phyllis (Ben) Spalding of Dunwoody, Ga., and Robyn (Michael) Hughes of Bowling Green; two sons, Bruce (June) Peake of Louisville and Stephen (Elena) Peake of Alpharetta, Ga.; a long-time friend, Frances Link of Bowling Green; grandchildren, Dr. Jerry (Kelly) of Louisville, Katie (Ed) Monarch of Louisville, Mark (Karen) Spalding of Gainesville, Ga., Renee (Sean) Bitting of Cumming, Ga., Matthew (Katrina) Spalding of Knoxville, Tenn., Danny (Rachael) Peake of Frankfort, Tina (Charlie) Hawley of Shelbyville, Vitaliya Peake of Alpharetta, Ga., Jessica (Chris) Covington of Louisville, Jennifer (Todd) Shuemaker of Birmingham, Ala., and John Hughes of Bowling Green; and three step-grandchildren, Monica Martinson, Laura Pinkerton and Elaine Ober.

The funeral was held at 10:30 a.m. CST Monday, June 28, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church with burial at 4 p.m. EST at St. Augustine Cemetery, Lebanon.
Online condolences can be made at jckirbyandson.com
J.C. Kirby & Son Lovers Lane Chapel, Bowling Green, was in charge of arrangements.

Lebanon Enterprise- June 29, 2010