Jerry Lewis Peterson
May 19, 1940 ~ February 6, 2018
Jerry Lewis Peterson, age 77, of Crockett, Texas, went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, the 6th day of February, 2018. He was born on the 19th day of May, 1940 in Harlingen, Texas to George Lewis Peterson and Olene Grimsley Peterson. Jerry lived a full life. He received his M.B.A. and was a teacher for many years before he retired from Crockett I.S.D. in 1993. He then began a new career as a mail carrier. He loved to travel or just ride around. Jerry was an avid historian and faithful Christian. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Elkhart.
He is preceded in death by his parents, George and Olene Peterson. Jerry is survived by his sister, Joy Walker of Victoria, Texas; niece, Laura Stanley; nephew, Noah Walker and many other family members.
Funeral services for Jerry Peterson will be conducted at ten o'clock in the morning on Saturday, the 10th day of February, 2018 in the Rhone Memorial Chapel with Bro. Jason Hoffman officiating. Interment will follow in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Elkhart.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from six o'clock until eight o'clock in the evening on Friday, the 9th day of February, 2018 in the Parlor and Reflection Room of Rhone Funeral Home.
Honored to serve as pallbearers are O.L. Grimsley, Kermit Grimsley, Max Murdock, Don Langston, Butch Halmark and Thomas Vaughn.
Funeral services for Jerry Lewis Peterson are in care of Rhone Funeral Home, 3900 S. State Highway 19, Palestine, Texas.
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Will be missed so much, just glad we had time together and became friends. You were so special a person and great friend, wish we had know you many years earlier. Such a joy to listen to your knowledge of all things. We will miss you so much eating out with all of the friends in the evening at different places. I know from listening and just being with you that you love the Lord and shared this with everyone you met. Can’t wait to see you in Heaven some day. You are now healed and at peace and will be missed in this world.
Our condolences to Joy and the family. We enjoyed the past few years with Jerry since reconnecting with him. We are happy he was a devoted Christian and that he is in heaven and no longer sick. He will be missed.
So sorry to hear this about Jerry .Gloria Bertrand.
I never met a better person, He was a friend.
Sending my sincere condolences to the family. Jerry was one of my favorite teachers in school, then turned into a friend later in life. I will miss seeing him from time to time and talking about classic cars. God bless the family.
Jerry will be missed by so many. We love you and know you are in paradise now.
Jerry and I were good friends. We had classrooms very close at Crockett High School and visited each other often. He worked with me at football games and told me lots of stories about his life. My husband Ted and I were always happy to see Jerry outside the school. We will miss him.
To the family, my heartfelt condolences for the loss of your loved one. As you cope with your loss, may you be comforted by the “Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort.â€(2 Cor 1:3) One day soon, all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out. (John 5:28, 29) May these promises from God’s word, the Bible give you comfort now and real hope for the future. My deepest sympathy.
Jerry, thanks for the memories I’ll most likely be seeing you again I hope. you made life
more interesting just by your being here . May the Good Lord bless your arrival in Hea-
ven. George D. Childs