Southampton-Prince William County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Peters, P. Worth Jr., 1946 

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PRESTON WORTH PETERS, JR.

   P. Worth Peters, Jr., son of Supt. of Schools P. Worth Peters of Manassas, 
was buried in the family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery here December 24, at 
3:30 o’clock p.m. the R.D. Stephenson of the local Baptist Church conducting 
the service.

   Young Mr. Peters, a 17 year old boy, was killed by the accidental discharge 
of a gun he was cleaning while at his home in Manassas about noon December 22. 
He was the son of P. Worth Peters, Supt. of schools of Prince William County, 
his father being a native of Franklin and son of the late R.H. Peters of this 
town.  Besides his father, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Gladys Smith 
Peters; a brother, Theodore, and a sister, Fleur, all of Manassas. 
Pallbearers were schoolmates of his from Manassas.


Preston Worth PETERS, Jr., son of P. Worth & Gladys (SMITH) PETERS, 
accidently killed 22 Dec 1946, at home, Manassas, age 17, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 208*), Franklin, 
   24 Dec 1946, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 3, 1947, p. 11 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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