The Rev. Frank Walters officiated, with burial at Forest Park Cemetery.
A native of Winnfield, he was the son of the pioneer families of Winn Parish, the late Dr. John J. Peters and Mrs Minerva Stacy Peters. He had recently returned to Shreveport from Charlotte, N.C., where he had been director of the Red Cross blood center. He had been chosen to lead the blood center in Shreveport.
Dr. Peters, a graduate of the University of Texas and Tulane University, served as a major in World War I. He was a member of the American Legion, the Masonic order, the American and Shreveport Camellia societies, the American and Louisiana Iris societies, American Medical Association, and the Wichita Falls, Texas Medical Society.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Stella Fonville Peters; one son, Dr. James I. Peters, Boston, Mass., two daughters, Miss Minerva Peters, Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. J. T. Smith, Meridian, Miss.; one brother, John Peters, Winnfield; five sisters, Mrs. A. B. Cox and Mrs. Ed Simonton, both of Shreveport, Mrs. J. D. Holmes, Sr., Winnfield, Mrs. H. C. Collier, Baton Rouge, and Mrs. E. A. Weeks, Sr., Winnfield, and a nephew, Ward Peters, Shreveport.
Active pallbearers were David Billeiter, Ray Trusty, Ward Peters, A. B. Cox, Jr., Ed Mathews, John Peters, Jr., Purcell Wallace, and Chris Stewart.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, November 1, 1951
The Rev. Frank Walters officiated, with burial at Forest Park Cemetery.
A native of Winnfield, he was the son of the pioneer families of Winn Parish, the late Dr. John J. Peters and Mrs Minerva Stacy Peters. He had recently returned to Shreveport from Charlotte, N.C., where he had been director of the Red Cross blood center. He had been chosen to lead the blood center in Shreveport.
Dr. Peters, a graduate of the University of Texas and Tulane University, served as a major in World War I. He was a member of the American Legion, the Masonic order, the American and Shreveport Camellia societies, the American and Louisiana Iris societies, American Medical Association, and the Wichita Falls, Texas Medical Society.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Stella Fonville Peters; one son, Dr. James I. Peters, Boston, Mass., two daughters, Miss Minerva Peters, Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. J. T. Smith, Meridian, Miss.; one brother, John Peters, Winnfield; five sisters, Mrs. A. B. Cox and Mrs. Ed Simonton, both of Shreveport, Mrs. J. D. Holmes, Sr., Winnfield, Mrs. H. C. Collier, Baton Rouge, and Mrs. E. A. Weeks, Sr., Winnfield, and a nephew, Ward Peters, Shreveport.
Active pallbearers were David Billeiter, Ray Trusty, Ward Peters, A. B. Cox, Jr., Ed Mathews, John Peters, Jr., Purcell Wallace, and Chris Stewart.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, November 1, 1951
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Dr Amos Morris Peters
1878–1941
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Josie Peters Holmes
1879–1970
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William Pleasant Peters
1880–1889
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Ella Mae Peters Campbell
1882–1946
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Emma Peters Weeks
1883–1965
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Joseph Virgil Peters
1887–1896
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Horace Rawson Peters
1888–1903
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Minnie May Peters Cox
1890–1981
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Jonathan Jennings "John" Peters Sr
1892–1970
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Florence Peters Simonton
1893–1989
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Audie Peters
1895–1896
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Hines Heard Peters
1898–1977
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