Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....PETERSON, JESSEE May 17, 2015
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News Star World - May 20, 2015
JESSEE PETERSON

Graveside services for Mr. Jessee Peterson, 96, of Oak Grove, Louisiana will be 
held at 1 PM, Saturday, May 23, 2015, at the False River Memorial Park and 
Mausoleum in New Roads, Louisiana.

Memorial services will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Cox Funeral 
Home Chapel in Oak Grove, Louisiana. Reverend Paul Hunter will officiate. 
Services are under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Oak Grove.

Mr. Peterson passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Carroll Nursing Home in Oak 
Grove, Louisiana.

Mr. Peterson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was reared on a dairy and 
sweet potato farm in Washington Parish. He graduated from Franklinton High 
School in 1938 and went on to receive his Bachelor of Science degree in animal 
husbandry from Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Lafayette in 1943 and a Master 
of Science degree in horticulture from Louisiana State University in 1945.

He joined the LSU Cooperative Extension Service as assistant county agent at 
the Oak Grove office in October 1945 and was appointed West Carroll Parish 
County Agent in 1949 until his retirement in 1980. During his years as county 
agent, he was active in organizing the West Carroll Produce Association.

Mr. Peterson was a member of the National County Agents Association, and he was 
honored to be awarded the Distinguished Service Award of the National 
Association of County Agricultural Agents in 1967. A leading accomplishment by 
Mr. Peterson included his leadership in getting a modern dial telephone system 
for the parish.

In recognition for the many contributions he made in the advancement of the 
sweet potato crop and agriculture in general in West Carroll Parish, he was 
selected to portray the role "Mr. Yam", the symbol of the Louisiana yam 
industry at the 1972 Yambilee Festival in Opelousas.

He was a member of the Oak Grove Lions Club, the West Carroll Farm Bureau, and 
the West Carroll Parish Cattlemen's Association.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Alice Elizabeth Cazayoux Peterson; his 
parents, Oscar Isidore Peterson and Evelyn Bond Peterson; and 3 brothers, Oscar 
Peterson, Lief Peterson and Charles Peterson.

He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Cathy Peterson Chick and Randy 
Chick of Fayetteville, Arkansas; grandson, Jonathan Chick of Fayetteville; 
granddaughter, Zoe Chick of Fayetteville and his brother, Eric Peterson of Mato 
Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Cox Funeral Home

Oak Grove, Louisiana

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