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            Peasley is a member and officer 
            of the Lincoln Elks Club, a member of Lincoln/Logan County Chamber 
            of Commerce and its Ambassadors, Lincoln Lions Club, Lincoln Rotary, 
            Lincoln Eagles Lodge, and Atlanta Masonic Lodge 165. He also serves 
            on the Logan County 4-H Youth Council. 
            Involved in the funeral 
            industry for 18½ 
            years, he has been a licensed funeral director in Illinois for 10 
            years. He took ownership of Peasley (formerly Kerrigan) Funeral Home 
            in 2002. He 
            has been an emergency medical technician with Atlanta Rescue Squad 
            for 18½ 
            years and has lived and farmed in Logan County all of his life. [News release] 
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