Funeral services for James Paul Peters, 46, former school teacher and an insurance man in Shreveport at the time of his death, were held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Wellman Funeral Home in Shreveport with Dean R. E. Smith of
Centenary College officiating. Burial followed in the American Legion plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
Born in Dodson on May 27, 1894, Mr. Peters had many relatives and friends in Winn Parish. He is survived by his wife, of Shreveport, one son, Paul, Jr., of Dodson, one brother, R. B. [sic I. B.] Peters of Winnsboro, and four sisters, Mrs. H. E. Harlan of Winnfield, Mrs. J. E. Boyette, of Banes, Cuba, Mrs. A. A. Smith, of Haynesville, and Mrs. Tom Hearne, of Shreveport.
Mr. Peters attended Louisiana Tech and Centenary College and taught school for several years, reaching the principalship of Trees School. He left his position to become district manager for a life insurance company.
He was found dead off the Norris Ferry Road near Forbing. A hose led from the exhaust of his car to the interior, and he died of asphyxiation.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), September 5, 1940
Centenary College officiating. Burial followed in the American Legion plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
Born in Dodson on May 27, 1894, Mr. Peters had many relatives and friends in Winn Parish. He is survived by his wife, of Shreveport, one son, Paul, Jr., of Dodson, one brother, R. B. [sic I. B.] Peters of Winnsboro, and four sisters, Mrs. H. E. Harlan of Winnfield, Mrs. J. E. Boyette, of Banes, Cuba, Mrs. A. A. Smith, of Haynesville, and Mrs. Tom Hearne, of Shreveport.
Mr. Peters attended Louisiana Tech and Centenary College and taught school for several years, reaching the principalship of Trees School. He left his position to become district manager for a life insurance company.
He was found dead off the Norris Ferry Road near Forbing. A hose led from the exhaust of his car to the interior, and he died of asphyxiation.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), September 5, 1940
Funeral services for James Paul Peters, 46, former school teacher and an insurance man in Shreveport at the time of his death, were held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Wellman Funeral Home in Shreveport with Dean R. E. Smith of
Centenary College officiating. Burial followed in the American Legion plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
Born in Dodson on May 27, 1894, Mr. Peters had many relatives and friends in Winn Parish. He is survived by his wife, of Shreveport, one son, Paul, Jr., of Dodson, one brother, R. B. [sic I. B.] Peters of Winnsboro, and four sisters, Mrs. H. E. Harlan of Winnfield, Mrs. J. E. Boyette, of Banes, Cuba, Mrs. A. A. Smith, of Haynesville, and Mrs. Tom Hearne, of Shreveport.
Mr. Peters attended Louisiana Tech and Centenary College and taught school for several years, reaching the principalship of Trees School. He left his position to become district manager for a life insurance company.
He was found dead off the Norris Ferry Road near Forbing. A hose led from the exhaust of his car to the interior, and he died of asphyxiation.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), September 5, 1940
Centenary College officiating. Burial followed in the American Legion plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
Born in Dodson on May 27, 1894, Mr. Peters had many relatives and friends in Winn Parish. He is survived by his wife, of Shreveport, one son, Paul, Jr., of Dodson, one brother, R. B. [sic I. B.] Peters of Winnsboro, and four sisters, Mrs. H. E. Harlan of Winnfield, Mrs. J. E. Boyette, of Banes, Cuba, Mrs. A. A. Smith, of Haynesville, and Mrs. Tom Hearne, of Shreveport.
Mr. Peters attended Louisiana Tech and Centenary College and taught school for several years, reaching the principalship of Trees School. He left his position to become district manager for a life insurance company.
He was found dead off the Norris Ferry Road near Forbing. A hose led from the exhaust of his car to the interior, and he died of asphyxiation.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), September 5, 1940
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