Florence Peters
Florence Lucy Green Peters, 97, of Ringgold, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, July 19 2017, at her residence.
A lifelong resident of the Ringgold area, she was a former employee of Sweetwater Carpet where she worked for 19 years and was of the Baptist faith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira E. Peters; parents, William “Jeff” and Lula Freeman Green; grandson, Denny Peters; great-granddaughter, Brianna Mosley; sister, Mildred Brock and five brothers, Arnold Green, Carl Green, Fred Manis, Lewis Manis, and Lamar Manis. She is survived by five children, Kenneth (Linda) Peters, Marion (Myra) Peters, Howard (Johnnie) Peters, Gary (Della) Peters and Brenda (Herman) Kapherr, all of Ringgold; brother, Earnest (Dorothy) Green of Ringgold, 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday July 21, at Gordy Cemetery with Brother Herman Kapherr officiating.
The family will receive friends on Friday, from 12-2 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements are by Wilson Funeral Home Wallis-Stewart Chapel, Ringgold.
An online register book may be signed at www.wilsonfuneralhome.com.