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A. Wayne Peters, 70, of Kingsport, died on Sunday, May 3,
2009.
He was born on July 22, 1938, in Kingsport, Sullivan Co
TN. A 1957 graduate of Sullivan High School, Wayne received
his bachelor's and master's degrees from East Tennessee
State University. He also served as a First Lieutenant in
the U.S. Army. He played football for ETSU from 1957-1961,
serving as team co-captain. He also played football in the
Army for the Fort Benning (GA) Doughboys.
Wayne later taught and served as an athletics coach at
Chattanooga Brainerd High School, Church Hill High School,
Blountville Middle School, Ross N. Robinson, and Dobyns-
Bennett High School, where he coached football, soccer,
track and women's basketball. As a soccer coach at DB, his
teams won two state championship titles in 1984 and 1985.
Wayne was preceded in death by his wife, Norma Ketron
Peters; an infant daughter, Jennifer Peters; his parents,
Rayford 'Pete' and Trula Peters; and two sisters, Barbara
Rogan and Shirley Murry.
He is survived by his two children, a son, Michael Peters,
and a daughter, Leslie Peters Tentler and her husband
Robert Tentler, Jr.; one grandson, Michael Brett Peters;
a sister and brother-in-law, Sheila Morelock and Roy
Morelock; two sisters-in-law and two brothers-in-law, Nina
Ketron and husband Wallace Ketron, Jr., and Wayne Ketron
and wife Bonnie Ketron; several nieces and nephews; and a
family friend, Evelyn McConnell.
A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, May 6, 2009,
at 6 p.m., at the Kingsport Community Church of God. The
family will receive friends immediately following the service.
Memorial contributions can be made to East Tennessee State
University; Box 70267; Johnson City, TN 37614.
http://www.hamlettdobson.com/
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