Rita (Greenway) Peck Shockley

Ms. Rita Greenway Peck Shockley, age 77, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, surrounded by loved ones.

A remembrance service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Saturday, October 4, 2025 at Memorial Park Riverside Chapel with entombment to follow in the Chapel of Memories. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Saturday, October 4, 2025 at the funeral home. There will be no additional service at the entombment site.

Ms. Shockley was born March 3, 1948, in Hall County and was the daughter of the late Homer Dana Greenway, Sr. and the late Ruby Wall Greenway. Rita was also preceded in death by the love of her life for ten years, John Robert Shockley.

She is survived by her sister, Carolyn Greenway Cape, and her children’s father, Johnathan Wayne Peck. Ms. Shockley’s surviving sons are Jonathan Scott Peck, Jason Ross Peck and Joshua Jewell (Lori Dover) Peck. Her stepdaughters with her late husband, John Shockley, are Alison (Todd) Binsfield of Minnesota and Raina (Zack) Dupree of Florida. Rita’s grandchildren are Andrew (Maria, Tyler (Kailyn), Charlie and Brady Peck; Jerith, Madelyn, Isabelle, Dorian and Nobi Peck. Her only great-grandchild is Kinsley (Tyler and Kailyn Peck). She is also blessed with numerous nephew and nieces and some wonderful life-long friends.

Rita was honored to play the piano, organ, and sing in special choir presentations for over twenty years at her home church of Air Line Baptist. She was also honored to help with the music and supplies in Bible Schools and Children’s Churches throughout her many years there. Rita was then a member of Lakewood Baptist Church while married to husband, John Shockley and later became a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church on Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville, Georgia.

Rita proudly taught at East Hall High School and South Hall Middle School throughout a thirty-year career using her degrees in social science education and Media technology. She often counted among her greatest blessings while teaching the love and respect she enjoyed while interacting with her teacher friends and beloved students.

(a personal note…)

“As my final testimony, I would like to share how God’s Living Word transformed my life…how he brought me comfort and how He walked me through life’s sorrow. (And now, praise God, I’m sitting at my Savior’s feet forevermore…) I always loved to read and learn, and I am grateful that God was able to use that to cultivate a love of His Holy Word in my heart. It’s so critical in this life to have a personal relationship. So, immerse yourself in His Word. Get to know Jesus. Live out the Christian faith and be filled with His perfect peace and joy. There is truly nothing greater.”

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1397 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville, Georgia 30501, The Northeast Georgia Medical Center Hospice, 2150 Limestone Parkway, Suite 222, Gainesville, Georgia 30501.

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