Dr. Artie E. Peacher, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The funeral service will be at 2:00 pm Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at the Bumpus Mills Church of Christ, with Phil Dunn, Johnny Harris, and Ken Gossett to officiate, burial will follow in the Greenhill Cemetery, Bumpus Mills, TN. Visitation will be from 3:00 - 8:00 pm Monday at the Bumpus Mills Church of Christ and from 10:00 am until the time of service Tuesday. Arrangements are entrusted to Anglin Funeral Home, Inc. Dover, TN.
He was born July 23, 1953 in Clarksville, TN, son of Joseph and Ruby Tippit Peacher. Dr. Peacher was a graduate of the University of Tennessee Memphis College of Dentistry. He began practicing dentistry in Stewart County in 1978. He was a member of the TDA, ADA, and the 8th District Dental Society. He was also an elder and member of the Bumpus Mills Church of Christ.
He is preceded in death by his father, Joseph William Peacher and his in laws, Burke and Nadean Woodson. Survivors include his mother, Ruby Peacher, Indian Mound, wife, Connie Peacher, whom he married on June 18, 1976, sons, Byron Peacher (Amanda), Murray, KY, Adrian Peacher, Dover, TN, granddaughter Anna Elizabeth Peacher, Murray, KY, brothers, Teddy Joe Peacher (Donna), Huntsville, AL, Terry Peacher (Jing), Clarksville, TN, William Peacher (Patricia), Cadiz, KY, sister, Wanda Peacher, Dover, TN, and brother-in-law, Marlon Woodson, Nashville, TN.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Peacher's office family, Dr. Joel Gaw, Debbie Kent, Lisa Glasgow, Patsy Wallace, Holli Dill, Monica Shepherd, Amanda Peacher, Cynthia Evans, and the men of the Bumpus Mills Church of Christ.
Pallbearers will be Larry Atkins, Wayne Anglin, Ted Gaw, Roger Dale Cook, Ben Cook, Charlie Hancock, Don West, Sid Clark, Roger Sills, Paul Zember, Dan Peacher, and Michael Cheatham.
Memorial donations may be made to the Bumpus Mills Church of Christ P.O. Box 37 Bumpus Mills, TN 37028 or the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Donor Services 2104 BNA Dr. Nashville, TN 37217.
The family would like to thank Dr. John Greer of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.