Fifth Generation

313. Lola Ethel Williamson^{121,122,123,242,252,253,254,255,256,257,258,259,260,261,262}. Birth: 29 May 1900, at home, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee.^{121,122,242,252,253,254,255,256,257,259,260,261}

Census: 1900, Loudon County, Tennessee.¹²⁴
Household of her father John William Williamson. Dist. 9, Enumeration District 103, 6 Jun 1900.
Lola 1/12 daughter, female, single, white, May 1900, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1910, Loudon County, Tennessee.¹²⁵ Household of her father John William Williamson.
Lola E. daughter, female, single, white 10, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1920, Loudon County, Tennessee.¹²⁶ Household of her father John William Williamson.
Lola 19 daughter, female, single, white, pairer, hosiery mill, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Marriage: 6 November 1921, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, age 21, to Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr..^252,258,263

Census: 1930, Knox County, Tennessee.¹²¹ Household of her husband Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr.
Lola E. 29 wife female first married at age 16 w, born TN, father and mother born TN.
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There is an error in the census because she was first married at age 21 rather than at age 16. The error arose on the part of the census enumerator because the census enumerator based her age of first marriage on Lester's age of first marriage, and she was 16 at the time of Lester's marriage to his first wife Amy Buckner.

Census: 1940, Anderson County, Tennessee.²⁵⁹ Household of her husband Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr.
Lola E. 39 wife female married white, 8 years school, born TN, lived 1935 same house.

Death: 7 January 1966, age 65, St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^{242,252,253,261}

Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel [Knoxville, Tennessee], 8 Jan 1966, p.8.
Mrs. Lola Ethel Williamson Peters - age 65, died 7 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Hospital. Residence Tazewell Pike, Corryton. She was a member of Corinth Methodist Church Friendship Sunday School Class and WSCS. Survivors: husband, Ernest L. Peters, Sr., Corryton; daughters, Mrs. Ruth Bryan, Mrs. Irene Tarver, Fountain City, Mrs. Lorieta Tadlock, Knoxville, Mrs. Lucille Wright, Centerville, Ohio; sons, Ernest L. Peters Jr., Howard Peters, both of Corryton; sister, Mrs. Lela Underwood, brothers W R Williamson, Knoxville, Charles Bray, California; 11 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Funeral 3 p.m. Sunday from Stevens Chapel, Rev. Robert Copeland, Rev. John Jarvis officiating. Interment Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers Dexter Letsinger, Clyde Letsinger, Edward Cole, Jimmy Underwood, Don Williamson, Charles Truan. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 Saturday at Stevens Mortuary.

Death Certificate: 66 901240 - State of Tennessee , Office of Vital Records, Certificate of Death, Tennessee Department of Public Health, Vital Records
1. Name - Lola Ethel Peters
2. Died - 1-7-66
3. Color or race - W
4. Sex - F
5. Status - Married
6. Born - 5-29-1900
7. Age - 65
8. Place of death - Knox County, Dist. 7, Knoxville, St. Mary's Hospital
9. Residence - Tennessee, Knox County, Dist. 8, Tazewell Pike, Corryton
10 .Occupation - cafeteria
10b. Business or industry - Knox County Schools
13. Birthplace - Tennessee
14. Citizen of what country? U.S.A.
15. Husband or wife - Ernest Lester Peters
16. Father - John W. Williamson
17. Mother - Mahala Bray
18. Informant - Husband, address - same
22. Signature - C.E. Irwin M.D., Address: Medical Arts Bldg. Knoxville, Tenn., 37902, Date: 19 Jan 1966
22A. Buried 1-9-66, Greenwood Cem., Knoxville, Tenn.
24. Funeral Director address - Stevens Mortuary Knoxville
25. Registration Dist. no. - 24701
26. Date signed by local Reg. - Jan. 20, 1966
27. Registrar's Signature - Mary Chambers

Burial: 9 January 1966, Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^242,253,261
Grave marker: Lola E. Peters, 1900-1966, same marker as E. Lester Peters. GPS: 36.031402, -83.915407.

Lola Ethel Williamson and Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr. Marriage: 6 November 1921, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee.^252,258,263
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They were married at the home of Lola's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Williamson on Broadway in Lenoir City. She was born and was married in the same house.
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State of Tennessee, Loudon County, book 3, page 337, application date Nov. 5, 1921, E. L. Peters to Lola E. Williamson. This day issued to E. L. Peters to Marry Lola E. Williamson, E. E. Watkins, Clerk, no return. (They were married on 6 Nov 1921.)
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PETERS-WILLIAMSON
Miss Lola Ethel Williamson and Mr. Ernest Lester Peters of Knoxville were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williamson, 716 Broadway, Sunday, Nov. 6th at 2 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. G. M. Moreland, pastor of the Southern Methodist church, and was a very quiet affair, witnessed only by relatives and intimate friends of the bride. The bride is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williamson of this city. She possesses a lovable disposition which has won for her a host of friends who will regret to learn that her marriage takes her elsewhere to reside. The groom is an accomplished young man and holds a responsible position with the Knox Stove Works at Knoxville. The happy couple motored to their home in Knoxville immediately after ceremony, where a furnished bungalow was awaiting them. They have the heartiest congratulations of their many friends. (newspaper clipping in the scrapbook of Lola Ethel Peters)

Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr.^{252,264,265,266,267}, son of Alva Edward (Alvy) Peters and Sallie Jane Cole,. Birth: 28 February 1895, Anderson County, Tennessee.^265,268,269 He was known as Lester, and he also was often called Pete. He was sometimes called Uncle Pete even by non-family members.

Census: 1900, Anderson County, Tennessee.²⁷⁰ Household of his father Alva Edward (Alvy) Peters. Dist. 9, 14 Jun 1900.
Earnest L. 5 son, male, single, white, Feb 1895, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1910, Anderson County, Tennessee.²⁷¹ Household of his father Alva Edward (Alvy) Peters. Dist. 9, 27 April 1910.
Lester 15 son, male, single, white, farm labor, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school.

Marriage: 24 December 1916, Gillespie Ave. Baptist Church, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, age 21, to Amy Etta Buckner.^266,272

Draft registration: 15 June 1917, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee.²⁶⁹
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1. Name - Earnest Lester Peters, age 22
2. Address - Lenoir, Tenn. (Lenoir City)
3. Born - Feb 28, 1895
4. Citizenship - natural born
5. Born - Anderson Co., Tenn., USA
7. Occupation - Molder
8. Employer - Lenoir Ry Car Works. Where employed - Lenoir City
9. Dependents - wife
10. Status - married. Race - caucasian
11. Previous military service - none
Signature - Earnest Lester Peters
1. Height - tall. Build - slender
2. Eyes - black. Hair - black
3. Lost arm, leg, hand, foot, or both eyes, or is otherwise disabled? No
Precinct 9, Loudon County, Tenn, 6/15/17

Missing from City Directory: 1918, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁷³ The Knoxville City Directory was not published in 1918. It is not known exactly when he moved from Lenoir City to Knoxville.

City Directory: 1919, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁷⁴ Peters Ernest L. mldr Knoxv Stove Wks r 1150 Hoitt Ave. He and his family were living in the household of his father-in-law Robert D. Buckner.

Census: 1920, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁷⁵ Household of his father-in-law Robert D. Buckner. Dist. 2, Knoxville, 8 Jan 1920
----- page 259b, Hoytt Ave 1150, dwelling number 13, family number 13
Peters Earnest L. 24 son-in-law male married white, foreman stove factory, born TN, father and mother born TN
Anne E. 22 daughter female married white, born TN, father and mother born TN
Lucille P. 2 3/12 grand-daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN.

City Directory: 1920, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁷⁶ Peters Ernest L, mldr Knox Stove Wks.
City Directory: 1921, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁷⁷ Peters E. Lester foreman Knox Stove Works r. Ashland av.

Marriage: 6 November 1921, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, age 26, to Lola Ethel Williamson.^252,258,263

City Directory: 1922, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁷⁸ Peters E Lester foreman Knox Stove Works r Ashland.
City Directory: 1924, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁷⁹ Peters E Lester (Lola) foremn Knox Stove Wks r 2013 Ailor av.
City Directory: 1925, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁸⁰ Peters E Lester (Lola W) foremn Knox Stove Wks r Morris av.
City Directory: 1926, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁸¹ Peters Ernest L (Lola W) foremn Knox Stove Wks r Morris av.
City Directory: 1927, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁸² Peters Ernest (Lola) foremn Knox Stove Wks r 20 Morris av.
City Directory: 1928, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁸³ Peters Ernest L (Lola W) foremn Knox Stove Wks r 20 Morris av.

Census: 1930, Knox County, Tennessee.¹²¹ Head of household.
Ward 23, Dist. 8, Enumeration District 47-56, Knoxville City, 10 Apr 1930
----- page 12a, 1155 Morris Ave., dwelling number 220, family number 223
Peters Earnest L. 35 head male first married at age 22 white foreman stove foundry rents $16/month, born TN, father and mother born TN
Lola E. 29 wife female first married at age 16 white, born TN, father and mother born TN
Eva L. 12 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN
Beatrice R. 7 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN
Earnest R. 2 8/12 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN.
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There is an error in the census because Lola was first married at age 21 rather than at age 16. The error arose on the part of the census enumerator because the census enumerator based Lola's age of first marriage on Lester's age of first marriage, and Lola was 16 at the time of Lester's marriage to his first wife Amy Buckner.

City Directory: 1932, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁸⁴ Peters E Lester (Lola W) foremn Knox Stove Wks r 1155 Morris av.
City Directory: 1933, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.²⁸⁵ Peters E Lester (Lola W) foremn Knox Stove Wks r Edgemore, Tenn.
Census: 1940, Anderson County, Tennessee.²⁵⁹ Head of household.
Dist. 9, Enumeration District 1-14, 21 May 1940
----- page 244a, Sheet 13a, Johnson & Mt. Vernon Road, dwelling number 191, owns property worth $1000
Peters E. Lester 45 head male married white, foundry foreman iron foundry 3 years high school, born TN, lived 1935 same house, $1620 salary
Lola E. 39 wife female married white, 8 years school, born TN, lived 1935 same house
B. Ruth 17 daughter, female, single, white, 2 years high school, born TN, lived 1935 same house
E. Lester Jr. 12 son, male, single, white, 7 years school, born TN, lived 1935 same house
Howard R. 9 son, male, single, white, 4 years school, born TN, lived 1935 same house
V. Irene 5 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, lived 1935 same house
H. Lorieta 2 daughter, female, single, white, born TN

City Directory: 1955, R D 1, Corryton, Knox County, Tennessee.^286,287 Peters E L slsmn Morton McCary Motors Corryton Tenn. R D 1.
Peters Lester slsmn Morton-McCrary Motors r Tazewell pk, R D 12

Marriage: 26 March 1967, Corryton, Knox County, Tennessee, age 72, to Rose Dell Hampton.^267,268

Death: 3 November 1971, age 76, his home on Tazewell Pike, Corryton, Knox County, Tennessee.^265,288,289 He died while working in his yard building a fence.

Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel, 4 Nov 1971, page 42.
Ernest Lester Peters, 76, a foreman at Knoxville Stove Works for 26 years until his retirement in 1943, died yesterday afternoon at his home on Tazewell Pike, Corryton. Mr. Peters was also employed by the Atomic Energy Commission in Oak Ridge from 1943 until 1953. He was a member of Corinth United Methodist Church, where he taught the Friendship Sunday School Class for 26 years and served as chairman for the building program. He was a Mason. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Rose Murphy Peters; daughters, Mrs. Lucille Wright of Centerburg, Ohio, Mrs. Ruth Bryan, Mrs. Virginia Irene Tarver and Mrs. Loretta Tadlock, all of Knoxville; sons, Ernest L. Peters Jr. and Howard R. Peters of Corryton; stepchildren; James P. Murphy of Sweetwater, Larry W. Murphy of Morristown, Guerry Carl Murphy of Johnson City and Mary Aileen Peters of Corryton; sisters, Mrs. Clyde Cole of Knoxville and Mrs. Eliza Letsinger of Powell; brothers, W. B., S. A. and R. E. Peters of Knoxville. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Stevens chapel with Rev. Robert L. Irwin officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.

Death Certificate: 71-034041- State of Tennessee, Office of Vital Records, Certificate of Death, Tennessee Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics.
1. Name - Ernest Lester Peters, Sr.
2. Died - November 3, 1971
3. Race - White
4. Sex - Male
5a. Age - 76
6. Born - Feb. 28, 1895
7a. County of Death - Knox
7b. City, Town, or Location of Death - Corryton
7c. Inside City Limits - no
7d. Address of death - R.1, Tazewell Pike, Home
8. State of birth - Tennessee
9. Citizen of what country - USA
10. Status - married
11. Surviving spouse (if wife, give maiden name) - Rose Murphy
13a. Usual occupation (give kind of work done during most of working life, even if retired) - Retired Employee
13b. Kind of business or industry - Knox. Stove Works
14a. Residence state - Tennessee
14b. County - Knox
14c. City, town, or location - Corryton
14d. Inside city limits (specify yes or no) - no
14e. Street and number - R.1, Tazewell Pike
15. Father - name - Alvin Peters
16. Mother - maiden name - Sally Jane Cole
17. Informant - Mrs. Rose M. Peters, R.1, Tazewell Pike
21a. Physician certification -
22b. Medical examiner certification - Ira Pierce
23a. Certifier name (type or print) - Ira S. Pierce, M.D.
23b. Mailing address - Alcoa Hwy., Knoxville, Tenn. 37920
24a. Burial, cremation, removal (specify) - Burial
24b. Date (month, day, year) Nov. 5, 1971
24c. Cemetery or crematory name - Greenwood
24d Location, city or town, state - Knoxville, Tennessee
25. Funeral home - name and address - Stevens Mortuary, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917
26a. Registrar - signature - Mary Chambers
26b. Date received by local registrar - Nov 8, 1971
Notes and corrections to death certificate: 1) His wife's maiden name was Rose Hampton. She married first Carl Murphy. 2) His father's name was Alva rather than Alvin -- the full name was Alva Edward Peters.

Burial: 5 November 1971, Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^288,289,290
Grave marker: E. Lester Peters, 1895-1971, same marker as Lola E. Peters. GPS: 36.031402, -83.915407.

Narrative: Lester taught school at the one room Claxton School at the time when Hutsell was sick (about 1920). The school was on the right side of Clinton Highway (northbound), before you get to the crossroads at Claxton. (Lucille Wright) He could play the piano. He played fiddle at dances. His violin was originally Hutsell's. (Lucille Wright). He read music using the shaped note system. He was very upset if the church bought a new hymn book which did not have shaped notes. (Jerry Bryan) He stated that his Peters family had come to the United States from Germany. (Jerry Bryan)

Lola Ethel Williamson and Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr. had the following children: