The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Monday, September 12, 1960, Mt.V. College Student Found Dead Last Night A 24-year-old Mt. Vernon Community College student was found dead last night, an apparent suicide victim. The body of Jimmie Ray Peck was found in bed in his basement apartment at 205 south Sixth street. A note in the room said "I'm sorry to take this way out." Authorities said they believe the young man took potassium cyanide in some manner. A St. Louis pathologist was to come to Mt. Vernon today to conduct an autopsy for an exact determination of the cause of death. Coroner Ray Hefley said the young man apparently died Saturday. Peck's parents, who live at Zeigler, told Coroner Hefley that the young man had experienced trouble adapting himself to civilian life since he received his discharge from the U. S. Army (sic.) more than a year ago. He was in the service 4 1/2 years and spent considerable time in Germany. Since leaving the Army, (sic.) his parents said, he had been very restless. The young man grew up near Ina. The body will be taken to the Johnson Funeral Home in Whittington. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. 　 The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Tuesday, September 13, 1960 Jimmie Ray Peck Rites Tomorrow At Whittington Funeral services for Jimmie Ray Peck will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p. m. at the Johnston Funeral Home in Whittington. The Rev. Tracy Dees will officiate and burial will be in Kirk cemetery north of Ina. The body will lie in state at the funeral home in Whittington, where friends may call after 4:00 p. m. today. Jimmie Ray, a student at Mt. Vernon Community College, was found dead Sunday. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Peck of near Mulkeytown and a sister, Nancy Carol, at home. 　 The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Friday, September 30, 1960, Rule Student's Death A Suicide A coroner's jury here last night returned a verdict of suicide in the death September 10 of a young Mt. Vernon Community College Student. Jimmie Ray Peck, 24, was found dead Sept. 11 in his basement apartment at 205 south Sixth street. After hearing evidence presented at an inquest conducted last night by Coroner Ray Hefley, the jury's verdict said that the young man died from taking cyanide poison. Evidence at the inquest showed that he obtained the poison at the college, where he was a student. Relatives of the young man said be had had difficulty adapting himself to civilian life since receiving his discharge from the U. S. Army (sic.) more than a year ago. Note: Jimmie Ray Peck was in the U. S. Air Force, not the U. S. Army.