Peters, Mary Ann King

The earth mourns and asks “Why?” while the heavens rejoice, as Mary Ann King Peters, 75, of Floyd, Va., passed into Glory on Thursday, January 8, 2009. She was born on April 6, 1933, to the late Wallace Carroll King and Pauline Akers King.

Mary Ann attended National Business College and was a retired employee of the Bank of Floyd, with 45 years of dedicated service. She was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church of Floyd, and an active member of the following organizations: Daughters of the American Revolution, Floyd County Historical Society, Stonewall Garden Club, American Association of Retired Persons, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and was an avid supporter of the Floyd County High School Girls Basketball team.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Benford Leeson Peters; two brothers, Earl Wallace King and Edward Lane Wimmer; and many dear brothers and sisters-in-law. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and John Hale, of Roanoke, and Leesa and Philip Meador, of Georgetown, S.C.; five grandchildren, Jason Hale and wife, Michele, of Callaway, Judson Hale and wife, Crystal, of Wirtz, and Charles, Edward, and Sarah Meador, of Georgetown, S.C.; stepmother, Kate E. King, of Floyd; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Audrey and George Brown, of West Valley City, Utah, Gwinn and Sam Angle, of Radford, and Sarah and Donnie Quesenberry, of Willis; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Sid and Margaret Wimmer, of Olympia, Wash., Richard and Linda Wimmer, of Floyd, and John and Sandy King, of Marietta, Ga.; three sisters-in-law, Mary A. Clark, of Copper Hill, Virginia W. Peters, of Roanoke, and Frances W. McCoy, of McCoy; numerous beloved nieces, nephews and cousins; and four special “adopted” children, John and Cheryl Vest, of Floyd, and Johnny and Billie Lester, of Roanoke.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 11, 2009, at The Presbyterian Church of Floyd, with the Rev. David Taylor and Pastor Olander English officiating. Burial will follow in the Peters Family Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Presbyterian Church of Floyd, 169 Newtown Road, Floyd, Va. 24091 or the Mary King Peters Girls Basketball Scholarship Fund, c/o The Bank of Floyd, 101 Jacksonville Circle, Floyd, Va. 24091.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, January 10, 2009, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Gardner Funeral Home, 202 East Oxford Street, Floyd, Va. 540-745-2007.

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” Psalm 116:15