Joe Frank Peek, 89, of Rock Hill, died Oct. 15, 2023.
A native of Nashville, his family later moved to Knoxville, where he was called to ministry and ordained at his home church there. He was a graduate of Carson Newman College and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served churches in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia before accepting the call as pastor of Cooper River Baptist Church, North Charleston. He would later serve New Hope Baptist Church, Lancaster, and Bethune Baptist Church.
He served on the board of trustees at North Greenville University and on the Pastors Advisory Board to the President at Charleston Southern University. In retirement, he held several interim pastorates in the Sumter area and was a chaplain for Market Place Ministry.
Survivors include four children, six grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three stepgreat-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Betty Jean Cooper Peek.