Obituaries:  Everlee Peacock Rivers, Sabine Parish       R-162
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 29, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Everlee Peacock Rivers

  Funeral services for Everlee Peacock Rivers, 91, of Monroe, were
held Thursday, Jan. 24, 1997, at the First Baptist Church in
Zwolle. Officiating was Rev. Vernon Stephenson, and Rev. Jerry
Penfield. Interment was at the Zwolle City Cemetery, under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Rivers died Wednesday, Jan. 22, after a lengthy illness, at
the Oaks in Monroe. She was a native of Sabine Parish, where she
lived many years. She retired from Buckner's Children's Home in
Dallas, Texas. She was very active in the Baptist Church all her
adult life. Mrs. Rivers was a 50 year member of the Order of the
Eastern Star, Zwolle Chapter No. 200. She was greatly loved, and
will be missed by her family and many friends.

  She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Arthur J. Rivers;
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Peacock Sr. of Pleasant Hill;
four brothers, H. C. Peacock, Marlin Peacock, Chester L. Peacock
of Zwolle, and Rev. H. L. Peacock Jr. of Mansfield; one sister,
Mrs. Jackie P. Reed of Pleasant Hill.

  Mrs. Rivers is survived by two brothers, Henry Clay Peacock and
wife Helen of Zwolle, and James E. Peacock and wife Jean of
Austin, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie P. Dans of Baton Rouge,
Mrs. Lillie Ola Gunter and husband Delaney of Monroe, and Mrs.
Betty Jo Richard and husband Roy of Franklinton; seven nieces;
and seven nephews.

  Pallbearers were James Salter, Kenneth Dockens, Milton McFerrin,
Travis Wilson, Jack Napier, and Jim Graves.