Born in Gibson, NC on April 4, 1943, he was the son of the late Edward Francis and Lillie Marcella Quick Peele Rachels. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Robert Hudgins.
George was a master carpenter, and a US Army veteran having served during the Viet-Nam war era. He loved to fish, garden, hunt and had an extensive gun and coin collection. George attended Brunswick Islands Baptist Church.
Survivors include his loving wife of forty-nine years Linda S. Peele; two daughters, Tracy Carolyn Peele of Conway, SC Tricia Lynn Peele-Crawford and husband Jamie of Moncks Corner, SC; a son Charles Howard Peele of Ridgefield, SC; a special friend, Joel Foster and fiancée Brandy Clark of Concord, NC; four brothers, Percy Lee Rachels, Jr., of Laurinburg, NC, Calvin Melvin Rachels of Red Springs, NC, Robert T. Rachels, St. Pauls, NC, James Rachels of Holt, FL; three sisters, Mary Proctor of Sanford, NC, Nancy Lee Rachels Foster of Boone, NC, Betty Jean Ammons of Wagram, NC; grandchildren, Ariel Sissel, Caitlyn Harrison, Lillie Crawford, Jonathan Crawford, Hannah Crawford, Makayla Crawford; a great-grandchild, Rylan Mace and his canine family of Bruiser, Sassy and Jasmine.
A Celebration of Life will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 10, 2016, in the White Funeral Service Chapel, Supply.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in his name to the St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, https://www.stjude.org/ or to any local veteran’s organization of your choice.
You may offer online condolences at www.whitefuneralservicesupply.com
White Funeral & Cremation Service, 603 Ocean Highway, Supply, NC 28462
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