Matoka Geraldine Campbell Peters, 82, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at Johnson City Medical Center.
A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Frank Campbell and Jennie Sue Taylor Campbell.
Mrs. Peters was a 1953 graduate of Unaka High School and was retired from Siemens-Texas Instruments. She was a member of Hunter First Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 61 years, Albun J. Peters; two brothers, William “Burb” Campbell and Robert “Grady” Campbell; and one sister, Lucille Morin.
Survivors include her two sons, Richard “Rick” Peters and wife Anita of Elizabethton and David Peters and wife Joan, also of Elizabethton, and three grandchildren, Matthew Peters, Zackary Peters and Rachel Peters. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:15 p.m. Friday, November 4, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Pastors Steve Nauman Sr. and Dennis Wilson officiating. Active pallbearers will be Tim Cline, Larry Grindstaff, Melville “Shag” Cole, Robert Gross, Zachary Peters, Matthew Peters, David Fletcher and Eddie Reese. Graveside services and interment will follow the funeral service at Mountain Home National Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website: www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Peters family.