The Peacock family consists of James and Claire and their four children: sons John, James (Scott), Jeff and daughter Joyce. Jim and Claire started their own business, "James Peacock Professional Painting" in 1971, after working for Claire's father Theodore Harmon for several years. Jim's natural, likable way with people and his commitment to hard work allowed his business to quickly become a success.

John was around the painting with his dad from age 13 and worked summers all through high school for the family business. In 1978 John graduated from Barnstable High School and went on to a specialized trade school in Rutland, Vermont for wallpapering. John installed all the company's wall covering for approximately 10 years.

After that he began taking over more of the day to day tasks of running the entire business and took over the company fully in 1993 to the present day.

Over the years everyone in the Peacock family has participated. Scott was very involved in the family business until his passion for building grew and he ventured off to learn that trade.



Scott now owns & operates a very successful building and remodeling business, Scott Peacock Building & Remodeling.

Joyce first began as John's wallpapering assistant and later used her artistic flair to do some very nice faux and decorative painting. Joyce then worked part-time for Cape Cod Hospital as an Ultra-Sound Technician. She now is home raising her four daughters.

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Claire was involved from the beginning, handling phone calls, bookkeeping, payroll, and other "behind the scenes" tasks that make a business successful. Although she and Jim are retired, they still assist in many facets of the business including estimating and consulting.

Jeff also came through the ranks growing up working summers until graduating from the University of Massachusetts in 1996. Since then he has been an integral part of the JRP Co. Inc. team in keeping with the tradition of a real family business. He has been married since 1997 and just had his first child.