| GERTRUDE "GERTIE" JOHNSON
(Page 334-336) Johnny J. Johnson, Jr. and Emily Tomlinson's daughter Gertrude "Gertie," born on February 2, 1899, was a minor when her father died in 1915. She lived with her mother and brothers and sisters in Hilliard until her mother passed away in 1921. Gertie Johnson moved to Jacksonville, along with her unmarried
sisters Allie, Sandol, Virue, and Lelia, where they established their home. Gertie Johnson had many jobs including working for the Cheek Neal Coffee Company in the 1920s, and the Maxwell House Coffee Company in the early 1930s. In 1935 she was working for the W. S. Quinby Company when she met and in 1938 married Isham Samuel "Boe" Peacock. Boe was born on October 14, 1897, in Coffee County, Georgia. He was the son of Joseph
Peacock. His siblings included a sister Edra and four brothers, J. C., Ira W., D. A., and B. F. Previously, Boe had been married to Corinne Harvey, born in 1900 in South Carolina. Boe and Corinne lived in Florence, South Carolina before moving to Jacksonville in 1921. Boe and Corinne were parents to several children including Nora Lee, Lois, Virginia, Harry L, and James Allen. Corinne died of cancer in 1937, leaving Boe with a large family to rear. In 1938, at the time of
Gertie and Boe's marriage, Boe was working as a railroad switchman for the Jacksonville Terminal Company. Gertie served as surrogate mother for Corinne and Boe's children. Gertie Johnson and Boe Peacock did not have any children. For a few years, beginning in 1942, Gertie operated the small grocery store belonging to the Peacock family. Boe continued working for the Jacksonville Terminal Company until he retired in the early 1960s. On July 21, 1965, shortly after he
retired, Boe died. He is buried in the Greenlawn Garden Mausoleum in Jacksonville. The following is a copy of Boe's obituary that appeared in the Thursday, July 22, 1965, edition of TheFloridaTimes Union, a Jacksonville newspaper. PEACOCK
— Funeral services for Isham Samuel "Boe" Peacock, 67, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in the Southside Chapel of Key-McCabe Funeral Home, 3850 Beach Blvd., with the Rev. C. J. Pardue, pastor of the Ellis Road Pentecostal Holiness Church, officiating. Entombment will be in the Greenlawn Garden Mausoleum. The body will lie in state at the Funeral Home until 1 p.m. Friday. Mr. Peacock, who lived at 729 Parker St., Fairfield, died Wednesday in a Jacksonville hospital following a brief illness. He was born in Coffee County, Ga. and had lived in Jacksonville 44 years, coming here from Florence, S.C. He attended Ellis Road Pentecostal Holiness Church and was a retired employee of the signal maintenance department of Jacksonville Terminal Co., and was a member of Grand Association of Veteran Railway Employees, Inc. Jacksonville, Chapter 1. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Peacock; three daughters, Mrs. Nora Lee Harrington, Mrs. Lois Taylor and Mrs. Virginia Moody; two sons, Harry L. and J. A. Peacock, all of Jacksonville; one sister, Mrs. Edra Oglesby of Wildwood; four brothers, J. C. Peacock, Sr., I. W. Peacock and D. A. Peacock, all of Jacksonville, and B. F. Peacock of Atlanta, Ga.; 21 grandchildren: and three great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be H. C. Williamson, A. T. Cloninger, W. A. George, Pete Goodchild, Arthur Dutton and Walter Beach.
After the death of her husband Boe, Gertie Johnson Peacock sold her house and made her home with her sisters Allie and Lelia Johnson. Gertie died on November 20, 1977, and is buried with Boe in the Greenlawn Garden Mausoleum. The following is a copy of Gertie's obituary that appeared in the Tuesday, November 22, 1977, edition of TheFloridaTimes Union. PEACOCK
— Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Peacock will be held at 2 P.M. Wednesday in the George H. Hewell & Son Northside Funeral Home with the Rev. Harry Correll, officiating. Entombment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery Mausoleum. Mrs. Peacock of 1614 Wambolt Street died Sunday. She was a native of Nassau County but resided in Jacksonville for 60 years. She was a member of the First Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors include a sister, Miss Lelia Johnson; a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Gordon Hunter, Harry Dahlman, Cecil Spears, Melton Crawford, Lindsey Williams, and Raymond Smith.
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