PEEBLES, Misty M.

Jacksonville (IL) Journal-Courier Saturday, September 3, 2011 Misty M. Peebles, 36, of Clayton, died Thursday afternoon, Sept 1, 2011, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy following a long and courageous battle with melanoma. Misty was born May 24, 1975, in Wickenburg, Ariz., a daughter of Anthony Edward and Susan Marie Fridley Melendez. She married Daniel K Peebles on Sept 18, 2004, at the home of her parents in Clayton, and he survives. Misty was a 1993 graduate of Brown County High School and received her B.S. degree from Western Illinois University in Macomb. She was employed as a flight attendant for Go Jet Airlines in St Louis. Most importantly, was being a homemaker and loving mother to her son, Beckett. Misty was instrumental in the "Aim at Melanoma" campaign raising money for research and awareness in the fight against melanoma. She enjoyed playing volleyball at the Mount Sterling YMCA and was a member of the Camp Point Parent Teacher Organization. Misty was a member of the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband, Dan Peebles, and their son, Beckett Isaac Peebles of Clayton; mother and stepfather, Susan and Donald Colclasure of Clayton; father and stepmother, Tony and Linda Melendez of Arizona; grandparents, Don and Jeanine Fridley of Versailles; great-grandmother, Opal Irwin of Nebraska; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Don and Vicki Peebles of Pleasant Hill; a brother, Chris Melendez of Arizona; two half brothers, Cory and Jake Colclasure of Clayton; a half sister, Lindsey Melendez of Arizona; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11am at the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church conducted by Pastors Sheila Kelly and Sheri Renner. Burial will follow at Crescent Heights Cemetery in Pleasant Hill. Visitation will be Sunday from 3-7pm at the Lummis Funeral Home in Pleasant Hill. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Beckett Peebles Educational Fund or to the "Aim at Melanoma" research fund. Lummis Funeral Home in Pleasant Hill is handling the arrangements.