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330. Lola Ethel
Williamson59,111 was born on 29 May 1900 in Lenoir City, Loudon County,
Tennessee.
She appeared in the census in 1900 in Loudon County, Tennessee.
Lola 1/12 dau f s w May 1900 TN TN TN.
She appeared in the census in 1910 in Loudon County, Tennessee.
Lola E. dau f w 10 TN TN TN.
She appeared in the census in 1920 in Loudon County, Tennessee.
Lola 19 dau f s w pairer, hosiery mill TN TN TN.
She appeared in the census in 1930 in Knox County, Tennessee. Lola
E. 29 wife f w m@16 TN TN TN.
She died on 7 Jan 1966 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Social Security Death Index Information: Last Residence, Tennessee.
Death Certificate: State of Tennessee , Office of Vital Records, Certificate
of Death, Tennessee Department of Public Health, Vital Records
1. Deceased name: Lola Ethel Peters
2. Date of death (month, day, year): 1-7-66
3. Color or race: W
4. Sex: F
5. Single, married, widowed, divorced (specify): Married
6. Date of birth (month, day, year): 5-29-1900
7. Age (in years last birthday) 65
8. Place of death: A. County: Knox, B. Civil District: 7, C. City or town: Knoxville,
D. Length of stay in this place: E. Name of hospital or institution: at St.
Mary's Hospital, F. Inside city limits?: yes
9. Usual residence of deceased: A. State: Tennessee, B. County: Knox, C. Civil
District: 8, D. City or town: Corryton, E. Inside city limits?: no, F. Street
address: Tazewell Pike, Corryton, G. Is residence on a farm? no
10. Usual occupation (Kind of Work Done During Most of Working Life, Even if
Retired) Cafeteria
10.B Kind of business or industry: Knox County Schools
11. Social Security Number
12. Was deceased ever in U.S. armed forces?: No
13. Birthplace (State or Foreign Country): Tennessee
14. Citizen of what country? U.S.A.
15. Name of husband or wife: Ernest Lester Peters
16. Father's name: John W. Williamson
17. Mother's name: Mahala Bray
18. Informant: Husband, address: same
19. Cause of death: Part I: Death was caused by: immediate cause (1A) Severe
Hypertensive Arterioslerotic cardio-vascular disease. Interval between onset
and death: Part II: Other significant conditions contributing to the death but
not related to terminal disease condition given in Part I.
20. Was autopsy performed?: no
21A. Accident, suicide, homicide: (left blank)
21B. Describe how injury occurred: (left blank)
21.C. Time of injury: (left blank)
22. Signature: C.E. Irwin M.D., Address: Medical Arts Bldg. Knoxville, Tenn.,
37902, Date: 19 Jan 1966
22A. Burial, cremation, removal (specify): Burial
23B. Date of burial, cremation, or removal: 1-9-66
23C. Name of cemetery or crematory: Greenwood Cem.
23D. Location, city or county, state: 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
She was buried on 9 Jan 1966 in Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County,
Tennessee.
Lola Ethel Williamson and Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr were married on
6 Nov 1921 in Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee.151
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, source unknown)
Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr59,72,152,153 (son
of Alva Edward Peters and Sallie Jane Cole) was born on 28 Feb 1895 in Anderson
County, Tennessee.
He appeared in the census in 1900 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Earnest L. 5 son m s w Feb 1895 TN TN TN.
He appeared in the census in 1910 in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Lester 15 son m s w farm labor TN TN TN can R/W, attended school.
He registered for the draft in Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee on 15
Jun 1917.116
1. Name: Earnest Lester Peters, age 22
2. House address: Lenoir, Tenn. (Lenoir City)
3. Date of Birth: Feb 28, 1895
4. Natural born citizen
5. Born: Anderson Co., Tenn., USA
7. Occupation: Molder
8. By whom employed: Lenoir Ry Car Works. Where employed: Lenoir City
9. Dependents: wife
10. Married or single: married. Race: Caucasian
11. Previous military service: None
Signature: Earnest Lester Peters
1. Tall, medium, or short: tall. Slender, medium, or stout: slender
2. Color of eyes: black. Color of hair: black: Bald?: No
3. Lost arm, leg, hand, foot, or both eyes, or is otherwise disabled? No
Precinct 9, Loudon County, Tenn, 6/15/17
He appeared in the City Directory in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee in 1919.154 Peters, Ernest L. mldr Knoxv
Stove Wks r 1150 Hoitt Ave.
He appeared in the census in 1920 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Dist. 2, Knoxville, Knox County, 8 Jan 1920, p.259b, Hoytt Ave 1150, dwelling number 13,
family number 13 ; Peters Earnest L. 24 sonL foreman, stove factory TN TN TN; Anne E. 22
dau TN TN TN; Lucille P. 2 3/12 Gdau TN TN TN, enumerated in the home of his
father-in-law Robert D. Buckner.
He appeared in the City Directory in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee in 1921.155 Peters, E. Lester foreman
Knox Stove Works r. Ashland av.
He appeared in the City Directory in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee in 1922.156 E Lester, Foreman, Knox Stove
Works, r Ashland.
He appeared in the City Directory in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee in 1924.157 Peters E Lester (Lola) foremn
Knox Stove Wks r 2013 Ailor av.
He appeared in the City Directory in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee in 1925.158 Peters, E Lester (Lola W)
foremn Knox Stove Wks r Morris av.
He appeared in the City Directory in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee in 1926.159 Ernest L (Lola W) foremn Knox
Stove Wks r Morris av.
He appeared in the City Directory in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee in 1927.160 Peters Ernest (Lola) foremn
Knox Stove Wks r 20 Morris av.
He appeared in the City Directory in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee in 1928.161 Peters Ernest L (Lola W) foremn
Knox Stove Wkds r 20 Morris av.
He appeared in the census in 1930 in Knox County, Tennessee. Ward
23, Dist. 8, Knoxville City, Knox County, Tennessee, 10 Apr 1930, p.12a, 1155
Morris Ave., dwelling number 220, family number 223, Peters Earnest L. 35 head m w m@22 TN TN TN rents
($16.00/month), foreman stove foundry, not a veteran, Lola E. 29 wife f w m@16
TN TN TN, Eva L. 12 dau f w s TN TN TN, attended school, can R/W Beatrice R.
7 dau f w s TN TN TN attended school, Earnest R. 2 8/12 son m w s TN TN TN.
He appeared in the City Directory in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee in 1932.162 E Lester (Lola W) foremn Knox
Stove Wks r 1155 Morris av.
He appeared in the City Directory in Edgemoor, Anderson County, Tennessee in
1934.163 E Lester (Lola
W) foremn Knox Stove Wks r Edgmore, Tenn.
He was living in 1942 in Edgemoor, Anderson County, Tennessee.164 His mother's obituary stated that she died at his
home in Edgemoor.
He appeared in the City Directory in Corryton, Knox County, Tennessee R D 1
in 1955.165 Knoxville
City Directory, Peters E L slsmn Morton McCary Motors, Corryton, Tenn. R D 1.
He died on 3 Nov 1971 in Corryton, Knox County, Tennessee.72,153
He died while working in his yard building a fence at his house on Tazewell Pike.
Obituary.
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.
Social Security Death Index Information: Last Residence: 37721 Corryton, Knox
County, Tennessee.
Death Certificate: State of Tennessee, Office of Vital Records, Certificate
of Death, Tennessee Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics.
1. Deceased name: Ernest Lester Peters, Sr.
2. Date of Death (Month, Day, Year): November 3, 1971
3. Color or Race: White
4. Sex: Male
5a. Age: - Last Birthday (years) 76
6. Date of birth (Month Day Year): Feb. 28, 1895
7a. County of Death: Knox
7b. City, Town, or Location of Death: Corryton
7c. Inside City Limits (specify yes or no) no
7d. Hospital or other institution - name (if not in either, give street and number):
R.1, Tazewell Pike, Home
8. State of birth: Tennessee
9. Citizen of what country: USA
10. Married, never married, widowed, divorced (specify): married
11. Surviving spouse (if wife, give maiden name): Rose Murphy
12a. Social Security Number:
12b. Service in Armed Forces (specify war or dates of service): no
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
18. Part I. Death was caused by: a) Natural causes, probable cardiac arrhythmia
19a. Autopsy (yes or no):
19b. If yes, were findings considered in determining cause of death?
20a. Accident, suicide, homicide, or undetermined (specify):
20b. Date of injury (month, day, year):
20c. Hour:
20d. How injury occurred (enter nature of injury):
21a. Physician certification:
22b. Medical examiner certification: Ira Pierce
23a. Certifier name (type or print): Ira S. Pierce, M.D.
23b. Mailing address: Alcoa Hgwy., 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.
He was buried on 5 Nov 1971 in Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County,
Tennessee.153
He was known as Lester. But he also was often called Pete or Uncle Pete, even
by non-family members. (RGB) He 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. (RGB) He stated that his Peters family had come
to the United States from Germany.
Lola Ethel Williamson and Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr had the following
children:
+448 | i. | Beatrice Ruth (Ruth) Peters. | +449 | ii. | Ernest Lester (Bud)
Peters Jr59 was born
on 11 Jun 1927 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
He appeared in the census in 1930 in Knox County, Tennessee. Earnest
R. 2 8/12 son m w s TN TN TN.
He died on 6 Jan 1983.
He was nicknamed by his sister Ruth, who called him "my little Buddie"
when he was born.
| +450 | iii. | Howard
Raymond Peters59 was
born on 9 Jul 1930 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
He died on 28 Nov 1974 in Knox County, Tennessee. | +451 | iv. | Virginia Irene
(Irene) Peters. | +452 | v. | Helen
Lorieta (Lorieta) Peters. |
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