Background
His father, William S. Peck, Senior, held the same House seat from 1920-1928.
His father, William S. Peck, Senior, held the same House seat from 1920-1928.
Descended from a pioneer Catahoula Parish family, Peck was a brother-in-law of State Senator and State Representative J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert, also of Sicily Island. Gilbert"s first wife was the former Barbara Jane Peck (1922–1985). William Peck"s mother was the former Estelle Woodard (1893–1983).
A brother, Henry C. Peck, Senior
(1919–2004), was a Sicily Island banker, contractor, cattleman, and farmer. Peck was married three times.
He died at the age of seventy and is entombed in a private cemetery on Ferry Place.