CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Fornia D. Peters, 18 Sep 2004
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Fornia D. Peters, 75, 1115 Broad Street, Elizabethton, former Tennessee 
State Representative, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2004 in the 
Johnson City Medical Center Hospital.

A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late William "Bill" and 
Rosa Colbaugh Peters. 

Mr. Peters was a 1947 graduate of Unaka High School, earning his master's 
degree from the University of Virginia.

He retired due to disability from Carter County Bank in 1979 after serving 
30 years as cashier and executive vice president.

He served as state representative from the First Judicial District from 
1968 to 1970. 

Mr. Peters was on the board of the Elizabethton Housing Authority, and 
was a former member of the board of the Elizabethton Electric System and 
the board of the Carter County Rescue Squad where he assisted in obtaining 
their charter. He was a member and former president of the Elizabethton 
Kiwanis Club and was also a member of Dashiell Masonic Lodge #238.
He was a charter member of Unaka Baptist Church and was a member of the 
First Baptist Church of Elizabethton. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, nine brothers, Webb, Roy, Clarence, 
Henry, Thomas, Herman, Walter, Arlie and Clyde, and one sister, Ella Range. 

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Peggy Elliott Peters; two daughters 
and one son-in-law, Lisa Peters and Gregory Swift, of Cleveland, Tenn., 
and Rebecca Peters Bowers, of Elizabethton; three granddaughters, Whitney 
Bowers Christiansen, and husband, Alan, of Clinton, Wash.; Rebecca Swift 
and Rachael Swift, of Cleveland, Tenn.; two great-grandsons, Lucas and 
Larsen Christiansen, of Clinton, Wash., and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 21, 2004 
in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jim Lindsay officiating. Music 
will be provided by Mr. Gary Rice. Graveside services and burial will be 
held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 22, 2004 in Happy Valley Memorial 
Park. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral 
home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday will be Gerald Peters, Leonard Peters, Ed 
Peters, Lynn Peters, Mike Peters and Wayne Turbyfill. Honorary 
pallbearers will be class members of the 1947 graduating class of Unaka 
High School, employees and former employees of Carter County Bank, state 
representatives and United States representatives and senators, officials 
of the city and county governments, staff and employees of the Elizabethton 
Housing Authority, members of the Carter County Rescue Squad, his former 
and present neighbors and his many friends. The family wishes to express 
a special "thank you" to the staff and employees of the Johnson City 
Medical Center, Sycamore Shoals Hospital, Dr. Harold Alison and staff, 
Dr. Stephen Fahrig and associates, Dr. James Davenport, Dr. Michelle 
Davenport and ther staff, and nurses of the Medical Center Home Care 
Service. The family will receive friends following the funeral service. 
To those who prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Peters to 
the Carter County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 776, Elizabethton, TN 37644. 
Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. 
Wednesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences to the Peters family may 
be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net.

Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 


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