Bryan Peeler M.D.

Bryan Peeler, M.D. Bryan Peeler, M.D., 46, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, in Paducah, Texas. A Celebration of Life service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at First United Methodist Church in Hereford with the Rev. Kevin Bushart, pastor, the Rev. Cliff Hargrove of Bandera, Texas, and Mr. Lynn Gravley officiating. Private burial will follow in Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery, Muleshoe, Texas. Services are under the direction of Hereford Heritage Funeral Home, 411 E. Sixth Street, Hereford, Texas. Bryan was born Oct. 10, 1962, in Morton, Texas, to James "Buddy" and Alva Lee Peeler. He graduated from Hereford High School. He studied biology at North Texas State University. He graduated from Texas Tech Medical School. Dr. Peeler served his internship and residency at the Methodist Medical Center in Dallas and continued in private practice for 10 years in Dallas before calling Plainview his home. Dr. Peeler held faculty positions at Southwestern Medical Center in internal medicine and emergency medicine. He also practiced emergency medicine full time at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Peeler had a private medical practice in Plainview for nine years at the time of his death. Bryan loved his family and his Lord. He was an avid hunter, loved the Palo Duro Canyon, raised cattle and ranched. He loved spending his free time with his wife and children. Bryan will be dearly missed by his family, medical colleagues, staff and a host of many friends. Bryan was preceded in death by grandfather, J.T. Shofner; and grandparents, Jeff and Jewel Peeler. Survivors include his wife Julie; one daughter, Brooke (3); two sons, Corey (7) and Christopher (4), all of the home in Plainview; parents, Buddy and Alva Lee Peeler; one sister, Melanie Ratliff and husband, Robert; and his grandmother, Ida Mae Shofner, all of Hereford. The family suggests memorials to the Ronald McDonald House, 1501 Streit Drive, Amarillo, TX 79106, 806-358-8177, fax 806-358-8170; or Peeler Children's Educational Account, c/o Hale County State Bank (HCSB), Attn: Brian Pohlmeier, President, P.O. Box 970, Plainview, TX 79073. Sign the online guest book at www.herefordheritagefh.com