Source: http://www.southernfuneralhome.com/obituary/4046548
Gordon C. Peters
Gordon C Peters passed away on December 21st, 2016. He was born December 25th, 1936 of the union of John J. Peters and Phyllis Cummings Peters. He was preceded in death by his sister Katherine and her husband Wyn. John Peters, sometimes known as John Jr, and his wife Jean Mixon Peters also died before Gordon. He is survived by Kim Bankston and her husband Lynn.
Gordon was a graduate of Winnfield Senior High School; Huron State College in Huron South Dakota; and the University of South Dakota. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Huron State College and a Master of Arts degree at the University of South Dakota.
Gordon was a former member of the Texas State Historical Association, the Texas Oral History Association, and the Texas Folklore Society. Gordon also served in the South Dakota National Guard.
He has been an active member of the Winnfield Senior High School Quarterback Club and was an avid outdoor sportsman, particularly liking to hunt quail in his adopted state of Texas.
Services will be at the chapel of Southern Funeral Home at 11:00 AM on Friday, December 23, with burial to follow at the Bethlehem Church cemetery, Calvin, Louisiana. Friends may pay their respects to Gordon from 9 AM Friday, December 23 until time for the services.
Those serving as pallbearers are Jacque D. Derr, William Homer Collins, Don W. Price, David Griffin, Thomas Collins, Lynn Bankston, and Kelly Fannin. Kermit M. Simmons and Don Garrett will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Mr. Peters requested that memorial books be given to the Winn Parish School Libraries and memorial donations be made to scholarships for Winn Parish students.
December 25, 1936 - December 21, 2016