sentences:  Bishop Peele was one of the last eight bishops elected by the M.E.Church, South (at the final General Conference of this denomination).William, known as Walter, was born 26 November 1881 near Gibson, North Carolina (near the border with South Carolina), the fourth son of Andrew H. Peele (1850-1914) and Nora Jane (née Gibson) Peele (1856-1936).