Last rites for Dr. A. M. Peters, prominent Central Louisiana physician, who died Thursday, June 19, 1941, in the Baptist Hospital, Alexandria, were held Friday afternoon at the Hixson Brothers chapel, with interment following in the Winnfield Cemetery. The Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the Presbyterian Church officiated.

Dr. Peters is survived by his wife, the former Miss Ethel Wilson of Alexandria; one son, Ward Peters of Baton Rouge; two brothers, Dr. J. I.
Peters of Washington, La. and John J. Peters of Winnfield; and six sisters, Mrs. Josie P. Mathews and Mrs. E. A. Weeks of Winnfield; Mrs. Ella P. Campbell, New Orleans; Mrs. A. B. Cox and Mrs. E. C. Simonton, Shreveport; and Mrs. H. C. Collier, Baton Rouge, and also a number of nephews and nieces.

Dr. Peters was born in Winnfield and educated in the public and private schools. He attended Louisiana Polytechnic two years and graduated from Baylor University, Waco, Texas. He completed the Peabody Medical School at Nashville, Tenn., and served an internship at the State Prison Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., during his senior year.

Following this he served an internship at St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, Ind. His early practice was done in Winnfield during which time he took post graduate work. He served as house surgeon at the New Orleans Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital under Dr. Lynch.

Upon leaving that institution he served as medical officer in the army during the World War. Later he went to New York where he was appointed house surgeon at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and since that time he practiced medicine in Alexandria for eighteen years, having established an eye, ear, nose, and throat clinic in that city. During that time he took frequent courses in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, the Chicago Eye and Ear Infirmary, and the Mayo Clinic. He was a member of the A.M.A., the Rapides Parish Medical Society, and the American Legion.

Dr. Peters was the son of the late Dr. J. J. Peters and Mrs. Minerva Stacy Peters of Winnfield and the descendant of pioneer residents of this parish. He was much loved in Louisiana because of his willing service to humanity and his passing is deeply mourned.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), June 26, 1941