November 18, 1999

MARY PETERSON

CAIRO, Ill. -- Mary L. Peterson, 81, of Cairo died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born Sept. 13, 1918, at Buncombe, daughter of Lester and Jettie Moe Boswell. She married John Paul Peterson. Peterson was a member of First United Methodist Church, and the Cairo Historical Association...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Mary L. Peterson, 81, of Cairo died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky.

She was born Sept. 13, 1918, at Buncombe, daughter of Lester and Jettie Moe Boswell. She married John Paul Peterson.

Peterson was a member of First United Methodist Church, and the Cairo Historical Association.

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Survivors include her husband; two sons, John Chad Peterson of Seattle, Wash., John Davis Peterson of Orange, Calif.; three brothers, John Boswell of Atlanta, Ga., Donald Boswell of Memphis, Tenn., Merle Boswell of Anna; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son and a brother.

Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo after 5 p.m. Sunday.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. The Rev. Kelly Cox will officiate. Burial will be in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge.

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