Wood & Torbert Families

Lillian B. Peters

b. 2 July 1904, d. 30 September 1994

Lillian B. Peters was born on 2 July 1904 in Tennessee.
She married Lee Robert Whitfield Jr., son of Lee Robert Whitfield and Theodosia Carter.
Lee Robert Whitfield Jr. and Lillian B. Peters appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, at 3801 Brainerd Road.
Lillian B. Peters became a widow at the 30 June 1983 death of her husband Lee Robert Whitfield Jr.
The following appeared on September 1983 in in the September 1983 issue of the Hardin-Simmons University Range Rider:
Dr. Robert Lee Whitfield, Jr., 78, of 65 Cobblestone, Abilene, '30, died Aug. 1 in Quincy, Ill. He was visiting with a daughter Mrs. Al (Jean) Godsey of Canton, Mo. He served as Taylor County's health director from 1962-72 and was in the Army for 30 years retiring as a colonel. While in the military, he served on the staff of the Army surgeon general and as chief medical advisor to Chiang Kai-Shek in China.
Survivors include his wife the former Lillian B. Peters; Mrs. Godsey; two grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
The SSDI lists Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, as the last residence of record of Lillian B. Peters.
She was interred at Quincy National Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.
Lillian B. Peters died on 30 September 1994 at age 90.