Obituaries: Lourana Fletcher Peters, 1944, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November, 1944 Winnfield News-American

Mrs. L. F. Peters Dies Tuesday A. M. Following Stroke

At Home Of Daughter, Mrs. D. F. Shell, When Stricken Monday

Mrs. Lourana Fletcher Peters, age 86, the last member of the original Peters-
Fletcher families of this section died early Tuesday morning of this week
following a stroke on Monday.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the First
Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor.  Interment
was in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Mrs. Peters was the widow of the late A. S. Peters, who died in 1919, and
the daughter of the late William and Jane Tullos Fletcher, pioneer residents
of the Beech Creek Community in Winn Parish.  She was a member of the First
Baptist Church of Winnfield.

Surviving her are seven children, four sons, Luther Peters of Flat Creek,
Dr. Alcee Peters of Monroe, A. Wayne Peters of Kingston, Tenn., and Dennis
Peters of Pineville; three daughters, Mrs. Elmer Dunn of Baton Rouge, Mrs. A.
A. Hammons of Ruston, and Mrs. D. F. Shell of Winnfield, and a number of grand
and great grandchildren.