Find Julian Peeples Funeral Home Obituaries and Service Details
If you are looking for Julian Peeples Funeral Home obituaries, the fastest approach is to search the funeral home’s official obituary listings and then check the individual memorial page for visitation, funeral, burial, and chapel information.
Julian Peeples Funeral Homes serves families through its Pleasant Grove Chapel in Dalton and its Rocky Face Chapel. Individual obituary pages may include the person’s life story, surviving family members, service date and time, visitation period, burial cemetery, memorial requests, and a tribute section.
This guide explains the process in one place so you can find a notice, confirm which chapel is handling the arrangements, check the cemetery, and know what to do when a name does not immediately appear.
Pleasant Grove Chapel
2801 Cleveland Rd.
Dalton, GA 30721 (706) 259-7455
Rocky Face Chapel
2627 Chattanooga Rd.
Rocky Face, GA 30740 (706) 272-9777
Official Obituary Search
Search the funeral home’s current memorial listings by name and open the individual notice for full service details.
How to Find a Julian Peeples Funeral Home Obituary
You usually do not need to search several obituary websites. Start with the official funeral-home obituary index because it is the most direct place to confirm the notice and its related arrangements.
Search the person’s name.
Start with the last name if the full name produces no result. Then try the first name, middle name, nickname, maiden name, or another spelling.
Open the individual obituary.
Check the person’s age, residence, relatives, and other identifying details to make sure you have the correct person.
Read the Events section carefully.
Look for visitation, funeral service, memorial service, graveside service, and burial information. The event location may be a funeral-home chapel, church, or cemetery.
Confirm the chapel and telephone number.
Dalton arrangements generally use the Pleasant Grove Chapel number, while Rocky Face arrangements generally use the Rocky Face Chapel number. If anything is unclear, call before traveling.
Important: Service information can change because of family decisions, weather, church availability, or other circumstances. If you are traveling a long distance, confirm the time and location with the funeral home before leaving.
Recent Julian Peeples Obituary Examples
Obituary listings change frequently. The examples below were verified from official Julian Peeples memorial pages in October 2026 and are provided mainly to show the type of information available on individual notices.
Name
Residence / Age
Arrangement Detail
Chapel
Katherine Phillips
Dalton, age 93
Visitation and funeral service were listed for October 22, 2026, with burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Rocky Face Chapel
James D. Hyde
Dalton, age 80
Visitation was listed for October 22, 2026.
Pleasant Grove Chapel
Eddie Ridley
Dalton, age 60
Visitation and funeral information were listed for October 22–23, 2026.
Pleasant Grove Chapel
Ella May Cordle
North Georgia area
Visitation and funeral arrangements were listed with burial at White Cemetery.
Rocky Face Chapel
Troy Phillips
Dalton, age 88
Funeral service was listed at Julian Peeples Funeral Home with burial at West Hill Cemetery.
Pleasant Grove Chapel
For the newest notice, always use the official obituary index because recently posted memorials may appear after this guide is published.
Julian Peeples Funeral Home Locations
Pleasant Grove Chapel — Dalton
Address: 2801 Cleveland Rd., Dalton, GA 30721 Phone:(706) 259-7455
This location commonly appears on Dalton-area obituary notices. Individual memorial pages may list visitation and funeral events at the chapel, while burial may take place at a separate cemetery or church cemetery.
Rocky Face Chapel
Address: 2627 Chattanooga Rd., Rocky Face, GA 30740 Phone:(706) 272-9777
The Rocky Face Chapel appears on notices for families in Rocky Face, Tunnel Hill, Dalton, and surrounding North Georgia communities. Always use the address shown on the individual obituary rather than assuming every service is held at the funeral-home building.
What Information Can You Find in an Obituary?
A Julian Peeples memorial page may contain much more than a death announcement. Depending on what the family chooses to publish, you may find:
Full name and sometimes a nickname or maiden name
Age and community of residence
Date of death
Parents, spouse, children, siblings, grandchildren, and other relatives
Church membership, career, military history, hobbies, or community involvement
Visitation date and time
Funeral or memorial service details
Officiating minister or clergy
Burial cemetery or final resting place
Memorial-contribution requests
Condolence or tribute options
For family-history research, obituary details can also provide clues that lead to cemetery records. If you are trying to move from an obituary to a burial location, the FindAGraves grave and cemetery research guide explains how to cross-check cemetery names, death records, funeral-home information, and other burial clues.
What to Do if the Obituary Does Not Appear
A missing search result does not necessarily mean Julian Peeples Funeral Home did not handle the arrangements. Search systems can miss notices because of spelling differences, married names, nicknames, indexing delays, or older records.
Try these searches in order
Search only the surname.
Try the person’s first and last name without the middle name.
Try a nickname such as Bill instead of William or Bob instead of Robert.
Try a maiden name or previous married surname.
Search the spouse’s or child’s name if you know it.
Search the person’s town, church, or cemetery together with the surname.
If the death was very recent, check again later because the family may not have finalized the obituary.
Useful shortcut: If you know whether the person lived around Dalton or Rocky Face, call the corresponding chapel with the full name and approximate date of death. Staff may be able to confirm whether an obituary or service arrangement exists.
How to Confirm Visitation, Funeral, or Memorial Service Details
Do not rely only on a search-result preview. Open the full obituary and look for an Events section or the service paragraph within the notice.
Detail
What to Verify
Visitation
Date, start time, end time, and exact building or chapel
Funeral service
Date, time, church or chapel, and any special instructions
Graveside service
Cemetery name, time, and whether it follows the funeral procession
Burial
Cemetery name and location; some families hold private burial
Memorial donations
Organization or church named by the family instead of flowers
If the notice is several years old, the event information is useful for family research even though the service has already taken place. Cemetery names and relatives can help you identify the correct burial record.
How to Find the Cemetery After Reading the Obituary
Some obituary pages clearly name the final resting place. Others may mention only the funeral service, especially when burial is private or planned later.
Read the complete obituary. Search for words such as burial, interment, cemetery, graveside, final resting place, or inurnment.
Check the Events area. The cemetery may appear below the funeral or visitation event.
Record the exact cemetery name. Small church cemeteries and family cemeteries may have similar names.
Compare the location. Match the cemetery’s city or county with the deceased person’s residence and service location.
Verify before visiting. If the grave location is not clear, contact the cemetery office, church, or funeral home.
If you are researching a grave rather than attending a service, the FindAGraves burial verification workflow can help you combine obituary information with cemetery records, death certificates, veteran records, and family clues.
Need a Georgia Death Record Instead of an Obituary?
An obituary and a death certificate are different records. An obituary is a family or funeral-home notice. A death certificate is an official vital record.
The Georgia Department of Public Health states that the State Office of Vital Records has Georgia death records from January 1919 to the present for deaths that occurred in Georgia. Georgia provides online, mail, and vital-record-office request routes, subject to eligibility and identification requirements.
Official Georgia death-record route
Use the state page when you need a certified or official death record rather than a funeral-home obituary.
For genealogy, cemetery verification, and older burial research, you can also use the FindAGraves official-source research hub to understand which type of record is most useful for the question you are trying to answer.
When You Should Contact Julian Peeples Funeral Home Directly
The website can answer many questions, but calling is sensible when the information affects travel, attendance, burial verification, or a family request.
Contact the funeral home if you need to:
confirm a service time before driving to the chapel;
verify whether visitation is public or private;
ask which chapel is handling a specific person’s arrangements;
clarify a cemetery name or burial location;
ask whether a recent obituary has been posted;
confirm where flowers or memorial contributions should be sent;
ask about an older obituary that does not appear in the online search.
Where can I find Julian Peeples Funeral Home obituaries?
The most direct source is the official Julian Peeples Funeral Homes obituary listing. Search the person’s name and open the individual memorial page for full details.
Does Julian Peeples Funeral Home have more than one chapel?
Yes. The funeral home lists the Pleasant Grove Chapel at 2801 Cleveland Rd. in Dalton and the Rocky Face Chapel at 2627 Chattanooga Rd. in Rocky Face.
What is the phone number for the Dalton chapel?
The Pleasant Grove Chapel in Dalton can be reached at (706) 259-7455.
What is the phone number for the Rocky Face chapel?
The Rocky Face Chapel can be reached at (706) 272-9777.
Can an obituary show the burial cemetery?
Yes. Many individual memorial pages identify the burial cemetery or final resting place, though some families may keep burial information private or announce it later.
Why can’t I find a person’s obituary?
Possible reasons include a spelling variation, nickname, maiden name, recent posting delay, older record, or arrangements handled by another funeral home. Try surname-only searches and name variations before calling.
Are visitation and funeral times shown online?
They often are. Check the full obituary text and the Events section. Confirm directly with the funeral home if you are traveling or if the notice has recently changed.
Can I use an obituary for genealogy research?
Yes. Obituaries can provide relatives’ names, maiden names, churches, residences, cemeteries, military information, and other clues. Important facts should still be checked against primary or official records when possible.
Is an obituary the same as a Georgia death certificate?
No. An obituary is a memorial notice, while a death certificate is an official vital record. Georgia death certificates are handled through the Georgia Department of Public Health and county vital-record offices.
Should I call before attending a funeral or visitation?
If the service is recent, you are traveling a significant distance, or the location is unclear, calling the appropriate chapel is a good way to confirm the latest schedule.
A Simple Way to Get the Information You Need
For most searches, start with the official Julian Peeples obituary listings, open the correct person’s memorial page, and record the visitation, funeral, burial, and chapel details. If the name is missing, search alternate spellings and relatives before contacting the Dalton or Rocky Face chapel.
If your goal goes beyond the obituary and you need to confirm a grave, cemetery, or official death record, use the cemetery and vital-record steps above rather than relying on a single memorial notice.
Information such as service times, obituary availability, addresses, and record procedures can change. Verify time-sensitive details with the funeral home or responsible government office before taking action.