Extracted from The Monroe Morning World (Monroe, LA)
Sunday, April 1, 1962

O. M. Peters, 72, Succumbs; Services Today

JONESBORO (Special) -- Funeral services for O. M. Peters, 72, father of Mrs. Grady Bates of West Monroe, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Quitman Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayne Carpenter officiating.

Burial will follow in the Antioch Cemetery under the direction of Edmond's Funeral Home.

Mr. Peters died at his home in Quitman Friday after an illness of about four years.

He was a native of Winn Parish and had lived in Jackson Parish for the past 55 years.

Mr. Peters, who served as postmaster until time of his illness, served as principal and teacher in several schools of the state.

Other survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ollie Peters, Quitman; three other daughters, Mrs. Jack Shows, Jonesboro, Mrs. J. A. Jenkins, Houston, Tex.; and Mrs. T. W. Boatwright, New Orleans; three sisters, Mrs. Randolph Broussard, Alexandria; Mrs. Maude Beaird, Shreveport and Mrs. D. W. Gibson, Harrisonburg; and six grandchildren.