Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Peterson, Lonnie December 22, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@aol.com January 9, 2006, 10:25 pm Mitchell News-Journal 1/04/06 LONNIE PETERSON GREEN MOUNTAIN - Lonnie Peterson, 71, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005 at Erwin Memorial Hospital. He was the son of the late Manuel and Jenny Bennett Peterson. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Peterson Edwards. He was a farmer and an employee of Buck Stove Corporation. He was a member of Poplar Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Honeycutt Peterson of the home; two daughters, Connie Pitman and Holly Boone, both of Bakersville; two sons, Lloyd Peterson of Marion, and Rev. Junior Peterson of Burnsville; two brothers, Robert and Troy Peterson, both of Green Mountain; three sisters, Lucille Peterson of Bakersville, Jane Booth of Jonesborough, TN, and Martha Murphy of Green Mountain; and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Revs. Buck Watson and Jerry Barnett officiated. Burial was at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Union Hill Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Memorial Bible Chairman, Gideons International, Mitchell County Camp, P.O. Box 614, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/p/peterson101gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb