Obituaries: Isaac Blanchard Peters, 1971, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 18, 1971 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Winn Native Dies; Rites Held In Quitman

Funeral services for former Louisiana AFL-CIO district vice president Isaac
Blanchard Peters, 59, of Quitman, were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Quitman
Baptist Church with the Revs. Roger Johnson and Leo Beck officiating.

Burial was in Quitman Cemetery.

Mr. Peters died Saturday, February 13, 1971 in Lincoln General Hospital of
Ruston following a long illness.

A native of Winn Parish, he resided in Quitman and was employed by Continental
Can Co., for 35 years.

Mr. Peters had been president of Local 479 of the United Pulp Wood and Sulfite 
Workers Union for many years.  He was also a member of the Baptist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Fae Peters of Quitman; two daughters,
Mrs. Marilyn Bracy of Little Rock, Ark., and Miss Barbara Peters of Quitman;
five sisters, Mrs. Myrtis Boyett of Monroe, Mrs. Clarice Swayze of Winnsboro,
Mrs. Artie Martin of Weston, Miss., Mrs. Floy Harbour of Baker; two brothers,
Garland Peters of Crowville and L. F. Peters of Shreveport; and two
grandchildren.