November 23, 1943-January 17, 2025
Funeral Services for Gracie Dupree Peace, age 81 of Jefferson will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 20, 2025, at the Capt. Wm. Perry chapel of Haggard Funeral home with Chaplin Lawrence Thompson officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home of Jefferson. Private burial services will be held at Cave Springs Cemetery in Harrison County Texas.
Gracie was born November 23, 1943, in Shreveport, Louisiana., to Gordon Dupree & Essie Norment Dupree. She passed away peacefully on January 17, 2025, in Jefferson.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Jefferson serving in the nursery, teaching Sunday School for many years and she loved hosting her ladies weekly bible study at her home, teaching God’s word and inviting as many women come as she could. Gracie enjoyed volunteering at the Nursing Homes, working in her garden & flower beds. As a teenage Gracie loved going to the Louisiana hayride to hear Elvis sing but her favorite joy was cooking & spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Gracie was preceded in death by her parents, Gordon & Essie Dupree, husbands, Walter Barham “Sonny” Crank and Joe “Buck” Peace; brothers, Charles Lee Dupree, & Donald Dupree; sisters Louise Kent and Faye Dupree; great granddaughter, Madison Grace Emmett.
Those left to cherish her memories are her children, Denise Bruce and her husband Tim, Teresa Fay Crank Mastrilli and her husband Frank, Diana Reeves and her husband Dale; siblings, Douglas Dupree and his wife Diana, Larry Dupree and his wife Sue and Kathy Little; grandchildren, Kathryn “Katie” Dial, Holly Elizabeth Woodward, T.J. Bruce, Matthew, Jonathan & Jack Mastrilli, Aerial & Mason Reeves. She is also survived by 10 great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church 523 North Polk St. Jefferson, Texas. 75657.