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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Thursday, August 6, 1964

Dr. A. L. Peters, Brother of Local Residents Dies

Dr. Alcee L. Peters, Sr., of 4310 Bon Air Drive, Monroe, a physician for 50 years, died of a heart attack, August 1. He was 80.

Last rites were conducted in Monroe with burial at Riverview Cemetery.

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Dr. Peters began practicing medicine in 1912. He had served as president of the Monroe Kiwanis Club and the Ouachita Parish Medical Society.

In 1962 he was awarded a 50 year Gold Certificate by the University of Tennessee. The Louisiana Medical Society honored him for 50 years of continued practice in medicine the same year.

Dr. Peters was a member of the Southern Medical Association, Ouachita Parish Medical Association, and the College Place Baptist Church.

He was born at Winnfield and was married to the former Miss Alma Curry.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. A. L. Peters, Sr., of Monroe; one son, Col. A. L. Peters, Jr., of Fort Polk; one daughter, Mrs. Credille Calhoun of Largo, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. E. J. Dunn of Baton Rouge, Mrs. D. F. Shell of Winnfield, and Mrs. A. A. Hammonds of Ruston; three brothers, Dennis Peters of Pineville, Luther Peters of Winnfield, and Wayne Peters of Stephens, Ark.; and four grandchildren.