Louise Peters

Nettie Louise Johnson was born Oct. 5, 1926, to Fred Larkin Johnson and Helen (Marsh) Johnson at their farm home near Mt. Vernon. As a youth she was saved, baptized, and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon. Peters attended Mt. Vernon schools and
graduated with the class of 1944.
After school, she moved to Springfield, where she was employed at Producers’ Creamery Co.
On Sept. 11, 1945, she married Earnest Leroy Peters in Cotter, Ark. Two years later, son Michael Leroy Peters was born.
They moved to Lebanon, in 1949, due to Leroy’s job transfer with Producers’ Creamery. There, in 1952, daughter Pamela Sue was born.
In 1961, the Peters family was transferred to Cabool, and Louise went to work at Cartwright Dental Clinic as a dental assistant. She was employed there until Leroy was transferred to the facility in Springfield.
Following her husband’s death in 1975, Peters went to work for Dr. James Reynolds DDS, and later his son Dr. Bob Reynolds DDS, until her retirement in 1991.
Peters passed away peacefully in her home Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, with family at her side.
Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband of nearly 30 years, five brothers: Harold, Jim, Paul, Kenton, and Jerry Johnson; and four sisters, Dortha and Marcella Johnson, Cordelia Wiehe, and Mary Anderson.
Surviving her are son Mike Peters, Springfield; daughter Pamela (Jim) Beller, Cabool; one granddaughter, and three great-grandchildren; one brother Marshall Johnson of Paso Robles, Calif., along with a host of other relatives and loved ones.
Per her request, no visitation or services are planned. Cremation is under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home North, with burial at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield.
In lieu of flowers, feel free to donate to the charity of your choice.