TITLE:  Carl Edward Peterson SR

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette, June 27, 2001

SUBMITTED: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Carl Edward Peterson Sr.
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Carl Edward Peterson Sr., 64, of 
Beaufort, husband of Mary Peacock Peterson, died Tuesday, June 26, 
2001, in Eden Gardens of Beaufort. The family will receive friends 
from 6 to 8 tonight in Anderson Funeral Home, Beaufort. Services will 
be at 11 a.m. Thursday in The Baptist Church of Beaufort with burial 
with full military honors. Mr. Peterson was born Nov. 7, 1936, in Henry
County, Ala.,, a son of Barney Isiah Peterson and Ila Bullard Peterson.
He joined the Baptist Church of Beaufort in 1973 where he served as a 
deacon for more than 20 years. He served as chairman of the Deacon 
Board and was recently honored as Deacon Emeritus. He taught Sunday 
School for 25 years and was actively involved in the Wednesday night 
suppers. He was an active Gideon for more than 20 years. He was a 
member of the Beaufort Rotary Club, where served as president and 
sergeant of arms and in other offices. He was a member of the Will 
Fitzgerald Masonic Lodge, Georgetown, Ga., for 25 years. He served in 
Phu-Bai, Vietnam as provost marshall operations officer, Task Force 
X-ray. He later served as adjutant for the Basic Officers School, 
Quantico, Va. He retired from the U.S. marine Corps in 1978 at the 
Weapons Training Battalion on Parris Island. He was a charter member 
of the Mustang Association Inc. Upon is retirement from the Marine 
Corps, he worked at Beaufort Memorial Hospital for five years. He 
served 18 years as associate judge for the City of Beaufort and also 
served with Court Ministerial Services for the Town of Hilton Head. He 
was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Howard Peterson. Surviving are 
his wife, Mary of Beaufort; two sons, Carl E. Peterson II of Beaufort 
and David M. Peterson of Eufaula, Ala.; a daughter, Jennifer P. Manley 
of Alexandria, Va.; a brother, B.N. Peterson of Alabaster, Ala.; and 
four grandchildren. The family suggests that those who wish may make 
memorials to The Gideon International, P.O. Box 72, Beaufort, SC 29901 
or to The Baptist Church of Beaufort, P.O. Box 897, Beaufort SC 29901.
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