Clay County GaArchives Obituaries.....PETERSON, LAFAYETTE February 1917
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SOUTHWEST GEORGIAN, FEB 21 1917
LAFAYETTE PETERSON INTERRED AT MT GILEAD
ANOTHER OF CLAY COUNTYS RESPECTED CITIZENS AND WELL-TO-DO FARMERS, LAFAYETTE 
PETERSON, PASSED AWAY AT 8:10 SUNDAY NIGHT AT HIS HOME IN THE SEVENTH 
DISTRICT.  HE HAD BEEN SICK FOR WEEKS, AND FOR SOME DAY S PRIOR TO HIS DEATH 
IT WAS EXPECTED THAT HE COULD NOT RECOVER.

THE BODY WAS INTERRED IN THE CEMETERY AT MT. GILEAD CHURCH, MONDAY.  THE 
FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED BY REV. H.N. MASSEY OF THIS CITY.  MR. PETERSON 
WAS A BAPTIST AND WAS REGARDED AS A GOOD MAN.  HE LIVED IN THIS COUNTY NEAR 
THE PLACE WHERE HIS DEATH OCCURRED PRACTICALLY ALL OF HIS LIFE.  
MR. PETERSON’S AGE WAS ABOUT 66 YEARS.  HALF A DOZEN SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE 
AMONG THE SURVIVING RELATIVES, NAMELY:  MARK PETERSON AND LINTON PETERSON, AND 
MRS. GEO RAY, OF THIS COUNTY; ALLEN PETERSON OF RANDOLPH COUNTY; MRS. JNO C 
HARTLEY, OF QUITMAN COUNTY, MRS. WM. CROZIER OF SHELLMAN.


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