Suneral Services for GEORGE RAYMOND PETERS, SR. December 12, 1923 May 20, 1988 Tuesday, May 24, 1988 - 4:00 P.M. ROCK OF AGES CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Augusta, Georgia 3 2c ok oe 2k ie ie ok 2 2 2k ok Reverend J. A. Holman, Officiating ** OBITUARY ** On May 20, 1988, George Raymond Peters, Sr. made his transition from this earthly life. : He was born in Philadelphia, Pa. on December 12, 1923. He was the only son of Mrs. Izene White Peters (Stephens). His father, George Peters, was from the West Indies. his only sister died in infancy. While still a baby, Raymond (as he was known) was brought by his mother to her native home of Anderson, S.C. He began school in Anderson, but was soon brought to Augusta where he enrolled at Weed School. He was considered an exceptional student and was skipped a couple of grades. During this period, he was raised largely by his aunt, Nurse Susie Foster White. He became a life-long member of Rock Of Ages Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, where he served as a trustee and a steward. Many of the residents of the Sand Hill came to know him as their paper boy during his school days. After high school, Raymond continued his study at Paine College but decided to join the Army during World War II. The Army trained him as a welder and employed him to help construct ships for the U.S. Navy in Norfolk, Virginia. The Army also used him as an academic instructor and as a driver of military cargo to the front line of the war in the Rhineland and Central Europe. He was awarded the World War II Victory Medal and the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal with three Bronze Stars. He worked for a time for the Veterans Administration Hospital, the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and the Carolina Steel Company from which he retired a few years ago. On January 26, 1946, he married Marie Johnson. To this union nine children were born. Survivors include, five sons, George R. Peter, Jr.,Waynesboro, Ga., Dr. Erskine A. Peters, Southbend, Indiana, Dr. Alfred B. Peters, Augusta, Ga., Larry Peters, North Augusta, S.C. and SpencerJ. Peters, Augusta, Ga.; three daughters, Mrs. Carolyn P. Dixon, Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Gertrude P. Postell, Augusta, Ga. and Mrs. Susie P. Stevens, Augusta, Ga.; mother, Mrs. Izene Stephens, Augusta, Ga.; fifteen grandchildren; three sons-in-law, Lester Dixon, David Postell and Jimmie Stevens all of Augusta, Ga.; two daughtersin-law, Mrs. Carol Peters, Waynesboro, Ga. and Mrs. Carolyn Peters, North Augusta, S.C.; cousin, Mrs. Mamie Thomas, Homden, Conn.; sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, two God Sons, and other relatives and friends. ** PROGRAM ** PROCESSION OF FAMILY EE RUING sb asi wee e. e edie Rev. Raymond H. Thompkins Pastor, Hudson Memorial C.M.E. Church IR EC iad +4 ain seve io. flerm nonin, do dis Rev. Robert Davenport Pastor, Sharon Circuit 0 ee eo Rev. G. R. Dean Presiding Elder BOE Boi ii. wb ee etwa Rass84 Father James Costigan St. Mary On The Hill Catholic Church New Testament BUPBCTION: 5. ccnitehoys Rock Of Ages C.M.E. Church Choir REMARKS. .4).2%. 1s Gein Sages oe Rev. J. E. Robinson Former Pastor, Rock Of Ages Pastor, Jenkins Memorial C.M.E. Church ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS41... cesses cas Mrs. Gladys Benning OE i. ce Wii a tei he bee se ea ge Mrs. Barbara Hammond BGOY cn es elk dala ea olen Gide Rev. J. E. Holman, Pastor ~RECESSIONAL INTERMENE 2.0000) Goh ae Mt. Olive Memorial Garden