Our loving, caring, hard-working father, grandfather, husband, uncle, cousin, friend was born on January 16th, 1949. He lived a wonderful and prosperous life. Prosperous meaning he was rich in spirit. He had a gracious and sweet demeanor about him that touched anyone he came in contact with. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Diane Crews Peal, three daughters Beverly(Chris) Strickland, Terri (Burton) Fisher, and Jaimie Peal. He has three grandchildren: Ashley, Blanton, and Brent Strickland. He also has a mother Dorothy Peal and sister Debbie (Jim) Smallwood. His has several nieces and nephews, along with great nieces and nephews. Mr. Peal (Grandi) has multitudes upon multitudes of friends. He even raised children that he took in as his own and gave others a chance to work when they were out of a job. He lived so others were able to fill a significant void in their life when they were left with little. The things he enjoyed most were watching the Atlanta Braves, his family, his catty cats,his "medicine"(ice cream),watching and coaching his grandson's baseball team, working, being with his friends, holidays, his motorcycle,eating, watching FoxNews, collecting coins-knives-old timey things, and going to his river house. He will always be remembered as a simple man. This being because he only cared about the simple things in life. He cared for his family and his friends. He never worried, never argued, never complained. He always had a smile on his precious face. He was taken away unexpectedly, but he had no work incomplete on Earth. He touched every life of every person he met. He taught people alot of things. He left us but we know he is still with us. Strive everyday to be like him and HIM. Yes, the simple things are all that matters, and even though I don't have an explanation for what has happened, I know that he taught me that simplified simplicity in a person is something that speaks of pride. God Bless Him and Watch over Your Family and God Watch Over You. We Love You and Miss you and will never forget! Thank you for everything. Today is the day you were laid to rest. We'll see you soon. Love you.
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