Haskell Co. TX - Obit for Mattie Susannah Burleson Peterson
   
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   Mattie  Susannah  Peterson was born July 7, 1911 in Rockchester, Texas
   to  James  and  Myrtle Scott Burleson. She passed away May 10, 2002 in
   Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Elk City, Oklahoma at the age of
   90 years, 10 months and 3 days.
   Mattie  attended school at Merritt and Colter. She was married to Glen
   Houston  Peterson  on  November 16, 1930. They were married on a snowy
   day  south  of  Hammon, Oklahoma by a farming preacher who had to milk
   his  cows before the ceremony. They stood on the east side of the road
   to  be sure they were in Custer County. After their marriage they made
   their  home  on  the  family  faarm northwest of Canute. Due to Glen's
   failing healthy they moved into Canute in 1971 and later to Clinton in
   March   of  1990.  Glen  and  Mattie  celebrated  their  67th  wedding
   anniversay  the  Sunday  before  he paassed away on November 17, 1997.
   Mattie moved to Elk City in March 1998 to make her home.
   She  was a member of the Colter Church of Christ aand attended the 5th
   and Elk Church of Christ.
   She  was  preceded  in death by her parents, husband, two brothers and
   four sisters.
   Services  will be held Monday May 13, 2002 at 2 p.m. aat Whiney-Savage
   Chaepl,  officiated  by Brother Bill Adcox. Burial will be at Red Hill
   Cemetery,  Hammon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of
   Whinery-Savage Funeral Service.
   Survivors  include  one  son  and  daughter-in-law,  Glen Dean and Pat
   Peterson  of  Bethany,  Oklahoma;  one  granddaughter, Debra Marler of
   Durango,  Colorado;  one great granddaughter, Sasha Howard of Durango,
   Colorado; one great grandson, Justin Glen Marler of Durango, Colorado;
   one  sister,  Lena  Roles  of Pampa, Texas, numberous nieces, nephews,
   other relatives and friends.
   The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, OK 10-May-2002