Roy P. Peters Jr.

Roy P. Peters Jr., age 76 of Seven Mile passed away at Ft. Hamilton Hospital on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 6:48 AM. He was born in Lily, Kentucky on March 6, 1934 the son of Roy P. Sr. and Edna (Scalf) Peters. Roy was employed in security at AK Steel for 30 years, retiring in 1995; he was also police chief of Seven Mile for 24 years, retiring in 1999. He was a member of Lily Baptist Church and Knights of Pythias, and was a Kentucky Colonel. On November 25, 1953 in Laurel County, Kentucky he married Lois Sasser.

He is survived by his wife, Lois Peters of Seven Mile; three children, Vivian (Michael) Gorsuch of Seven Mile, Melinda (Randy) McIntosh of West Chester, and Roy P. (Susan) Peters III of Lone Star, Texas; four brothers, Claude (Hazel) Peters of Cincinnati, James (Jackie) Peters of Corbin, Kentucky, John (Sandy) Peters of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Charles (Anita) Peters of Monticello, Kentucky; three sisters, Faye Reed of Clarksville, Tennessee, Catherine Goodin, and Elizabeth (Ronnie) Pennington, both of London, Kentucky; five grandchildren, Missi (Daaron) Wilson, Jodi (Mike) King, Whitney Peters, Tami (Heath) Coleman, and Julee (Jude) Adkins; 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Theresa Miller.

Memorial service will be held at the Brown-Dawson Funeral Home, 1350 Millville Avenue, on Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 3:00 PM. A memorial gathering will be held at the funeral home on Sunday, September 19 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or to the American Diabetes Association.