Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Peters, Rev. H. Brooks, Sr. February 25, 2006
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ELizabetthon Star 2/26/06
Rev. H. Brooks Peters Sr. 





    Rev. H. Brooks Peters Sr., 81, 122 Arrow Drive, Elizabethton, died 

Saturday, February 25, 2006, at North Side Hospital, Johnson City, following a 

lengthy illness. 





    Rev. Peters was a native of Carter County and a son of the late 

Charlie "Pap" and Lottie Hinkle Peters. In addition to his parents, he was 

preceded in death by three brothers, William "Bud" Peters, Estel Peters and 

Charles "June" Peters Jr., and two sisters, Ammo Shell and Bette Harms. 





    Rev. Peters was an Ordained Baptist Minister and served as pastor of 

several churches in Carter, Johnson and Washington counties in Northeast 

Tennessee and also churches in Western North Carolina. He was currently a 

member and Associate Pastor of the Stoney Creek Baptist Church in Elizabethton. 





    Brooks also was a retired representative of United Family Life Insurance 

Company associated with the former Lewis Gentry Funeral Home, now Hux-Lipford 

Funeral Home in Mountain City and Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home in Elizabethton. 





    When he returned home from his tour of duty with the military he was 

employed with North American Rayon Corporation for 21 years. He was a U.S. Army 

veteran of World War II, having served with the 29th Division during the 

invasion on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. He also fought and defended his 

country during battles in Northern France, Ardennes and Rhineland in the 

European Theatre of Operations. 





    He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mary Ellen Walsh Peters, of the 

home; two daughters and sons-in-law, Nona and Charles Steagall, Jonesborough, 

and Karen and Jimmy Hawkins, Lenoir City; a son, H. Brooks "Bucky" Peters Jr., 

Elizabethton, and a daughter-in-law, Kim Peters, Elizabethton. He is also 

survived by two sisters and brothers-in-law, Ruth and Calvin Wilson, 

Morristown, and Thelma and Cris Cristoforo, North Easton, Mass.; two 

granddaughters and their husbands, Melanie Steagall and David Stanton and 

Melissa Steagall and Jeff Jones, Johnson City; three grandsons, Tim Grindstaff, 

Lenoir City, Jordan Brooks Peters and Justin Peters, both of Elizabethton; two 

great-granddaughters, Lydia Jones and Audrey Stanton, both of Johnson City; and 

two great-grandsons, Austin Stanton and Evan Jones, both of Johnson City; his 

extended family, Trey, Brock and Chase Hawkins and Jamie Hawkins, Lenoir City; 

and several brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. 





    Funeral services for Rev. Peters will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, 

February 27, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Richard 

Estep and Rev. Bob Polk officiating. Music will be under the direction of the 

Walsh Family and Bob Bunton, organist. Graveside services with Military Honors 

will follow at 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 28, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. 

Honorary pallbearers will be friends and neighbors and all former and current 

employees of Hux-Lipford, Hathaway-Percy and Tetrick Funeral Homes. The family 

will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home and other 

times at his residence, 122 Arrow Drive, Elizabethton. Condolence messages may 

be sent to the Peters family at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. 





    Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements. Obituary 

Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.





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