Autry Eugene "Pete" Peterson

1940 - 2024  (84 years)

• Name	Autry Eugene "Pete" Peterson  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Pete
  Birth	1 Mar 1940	Houston County, Texas   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Aug 2024	Texas
  Burial	21 Sep 2024	St. Cyprian's Santuary Columbarium, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
  Notes	A Celebration of Life for Autry Eugene (Pete) Peterson, 84, will be held Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 11 a.m. at St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, Lufkin, preceded by a visitation in the church parlor at 10 a.m. Pete was born March 1, 1940, in Houston County, Texas, to the late Reba Mae (Womack) and Eugene Robert Peterson. He went to be with his Lord on Friday, August 23, 2024. Pete grew up in Crockett, Texas, graduating from Crockett High School ('58) and Henderson County Junior College, where he was an outstanding football player. He had a career in automotive sales, winning many prestigious awards. He had empathy for his customers and always put himself in the other person's shoes. Pete was a leader and a team-builder all of his life. He served as President of the Rotary Club and a Boy Scout leader in Livingston, as well as a coach of youth baseball in Lufkin. In 2002, Pete married the love of his life, Janet Tisdale Rawcliffe. They were happily married for 22 years. To Pete, the most important part of life was his walk of faith. Baptized at the age of twelve in the name of Jesus Christ, he walked with the Lord, holding His hand, all the days of his life. He was active in lay leadership, participating throughout the years in Bible studies, prayer groups, choir, and renewal weekends, such as Faith Alive and Cursillo. He served as a vestryman and Senior Warden at St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, as well as Director of a Cursillo weekend for the Diocese of Texas and Convener of the Order of St. Luke the Physician. Pete's family and friends will remember him for his love, laughter, patience, and prayer. Survivors include his wife, Janet Peterson; sister, Audrey Graham (David); son, Chris Peterson (Sally); daughter, Sherry Falk (Rick Retz); and son, L.J. Rawcliffe; graunddaughters: Deja Igbokwe, (Patrick); and Emily Rawcliffe; grandsons: Joshua, Andrew, O'Keefe, Blake, and Mason Peterson, and Eric Hampton, as well as many great-grandchildren, and all those in his extended, blended family, including special friends, Dian Brock and Reba Childress. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Rebecca Knowls, and his sons, Donald Charles Peterson and David Lynn Peterson. The family wishes to thank Lufkin Doctors Reel, Mangla, Carranza and their staffs, as well as the nurses and staff at Castle Pines, and Hospice in the Pines, for their loving care for many years. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, 919 S. John Redditt Dr., Lufkin, TX 75904 or to Hospice in the Pines, 1504 W. Frank Ave., Lufkin, TX 75904. Downloaded from The Lufkin Daily News, 18 September 2024
  Person ID	I19048	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family ID

  F14756

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  Family 1	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F10597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Mar 1940 - Houston County, Texas Death - 23 Aug 2024 - Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.), Thursday, October 23, 2008, Page 11 (Reliability: 3). [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.).