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- Riser Funeral Home
Mrs. Eunice Bass Johnson Peters
Columbia, LA
Funeral services for Mrs. Eunice Bass Johnson Peters, age 80, of Olla, LA will be held 10:00 AM, Friday, December 9, 2005 from the Olla Chapel of Riser Funeral home with the Revs. Joey Bignar and Bobby Wilson officiating. Interment will follow in the Harris Chapel Cemetery at Olla.
Mrs. Peters a retired clerical worker with the Department of Defense died Wednesday.
Eunice Bass was born on June 1, 1925 at Olla, LA to the union of her parents the late Albert Bass, Sr. and Eva Cruse Bass. Mrs. Peters was a graduate of Olla Standard High School, and was a member of the Championship Girls basketball team. She was a member of the Eastern Star where she served as secretary of the Urania Chapter. She was worthy matron, District Grand worthy matron, and Grand Rep. to Nebraska.
She was also preceded in death by her husband Rupert Ernest Peters. She was also preceded in death by her son Billy C. Johnson, Sr.
However in their lifetime she and her husbands achievements together were astounding. They traveled the world together having lived in Africa, Asia, Iran and Iraq and Turkey specifically. Major Peters was an Army Ranger and a Merrills Marador. He was a Military atache' to Ethiopia. And Mrs. Eunice Peters was by his side in all of his travels and endeavors.
Survivors include her grandson and his wife Billy C. and Sherry Johnson of Columbia; daughter-in-law Dorothy Johnson of Monroe, LA; her brother and sister-in-law Albert and Cora Mae Bass, Jr. of Olla, LA; two great grandchildren Shannon Johnson and Billy C. Johnson, III.
Serving as pallbearers will be Blake Sims, Ray Miller, Glen Henderson, Glen Black, Denver Finley, and Timmy Arbogast.
Visitation for Thursday will be from 5:00 to 9:00 PM at the Riser Funeral Home, Main Street Highway 165, Olla, LA.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1925 - 2005 (80 years)