Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Peters, Richmond H., 1936 

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RICHMOND HENRY PETERS 

  Franklin, March 22 - (Special) - Richmond Henry Peters, aged 63, husband 
of Mrs. Eugenia Person Peters and well-known resident of Franklin, died at 
Lakeview Hospital early this morning after a short illness.  He had been 
agent of the Southern Railway here for 45 years.  Besides his wife, he is 
survived by four daughters, Mrs. N.M. Bolton and Mrs. F.D. Bolton, of 
Fincastle, Mrs. H.S. Carpenter, of Erie, Pa.; and Mrs. Howard Holland of 
Suffolk; three sons, Richmond H. Peters, Jr. and Lomax Peters, of Franklin, 
and R. Worth Peters, of Manassas; nine grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Susie 
Metcalf, of Roanoke, and one brother, R.A. Peters, of Franklin.

  Funeral services will be held from the home on High Street Monday afternoon 
at 3:30 o’clock by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson, assisted by the Rev. H.W. Davis, 
burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

  Active pallbearers will be J.C. Parker, J. Edward Moyler, C.C. Vaughan, 
George Watkins, Dr. Darden Jones, Patrick Peters, Allen Soble and J.W. B. 
Thompson; honorary: Ryland Camp, Dr. Raiford, Dr. A.P. Cutchin, J.W. Beale, 
Norman Thornton, L.R. Jones, Chesley Beale, J.F. Bryant, Dr. W.T. Gay, Dr. 
Harrell, Dr. Lewis Rawls, H.F. Fitzgerald, J.P. King, E.L. Beale, E.T. 
Fitzgerald, G.H. Parker, H.G. Cobb, R.I. Beale,Franklin Edwards, J.M. 
Woodruff, C.J. Edwards, Willie Harrell, Drewry Harrell, W.H. Lankford, 
W.E. Smith, J.T. Garner, Z.L. Mobly and D.E. Clarke.


Richmond Henry PETERS, of Franklin, Southern Railway agent, 
Southampton Co. native, 22 Mar 1936, Suffolk, age 63, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 89*), Franklin, 
   24 Mar 1936, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Mar. 23, 1936, p. 9 

*His nephew Richard A. PETERS Jr. is buried in Annex 2, Plot 156. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 15, 1962, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p362a1ob.txt 

His bro Richard Sr. & their mother are buried in Section 1, Plot 15A: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Richard Sr.'s obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 28, 1944, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p362r2ob.txt 


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