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 9, 1944 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites For Mrs. Lourana Fletcher Peters Held Nov. 8

Mrs. Lourana Fletcher Peters, 86 years, 10 months, and 20 days of age, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. F. Shell, Winnfield, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1944,
following a stroke which she suffered Monday morning.

Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church Wednesday
afternoon with the pastor, Rev. H. H. McBride, officiating.  Burial was in the
Winnfield Cemetery.

Born in Ward Two, the daughter of the late Jane Tullos Fletcher and William
Fletcher, Mrs. Peters was a member of one of the pioneer families of Winn
Parish.  She is the last member of her immediate family.  In 1877, she was
married to Amos S. Peters, and he preceded her in death, succumbing in 1919. 
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Winnfield.

Mrs. Peters is survived by three daughters, Mrs. A. A. Hammons, Ruston; Mrs.
D. F. Shell, Winnfield; and Mrs. Elmer J. Dunn, Baton Rouge; four sons, J. L.
Peters, Ward Two; Dr. A. L. Peters, Monroe; W. D. Peters, Pineville; A. W.
Peters, Kingston, Tenn.; fourteen grandchildren, and twelve great 
grandchildren.  She was the aunt of R. H. Fletcher and Mrs. J. D. Holmes of
Winnfield.

Pallbearers were Sion Jenkins, Howard Sowers, Henry Harlan, Horace Peters,
John McCloy, and R. H. Fletcher.