Velta Louise Peters

ABBEVILLE – A home-going celebration of life for Mrs. Velta Louise Peters 89, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at Greater Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church in Abbeville, LA with Pastor Mideate L.C. Derouen officiating. 
She will await the resurrection in Pleasant Green Baptist Cemetery in Abbeville, LA.
A gathering of family and friends will be held at the church on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at 9:00 A.M. until the time of the service.
Due to the August 1, 2021, COVID-19 mandate, masks are required to be worn by all attendees at the church and cemetery.
A resident of Abbeville, LA, she transitioned peacefully to eternal rest at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, October 9, 2021, at her residence.
She leaves to cherish her memory, two sons: Alvin J. Peters, Jr. of Honolulu, HI and Clayton Peters of O’Fallon IL; two daughters: Gwendolyn Peters Vallery and Consuelo Peters both of Abbeville, LA; two granddaughters: Rashida L. Peters of New York City, NY and Makayla A. Vallery of Baton Rouge, LA; daughters-in-law: Amber Peters of Honolulu, HI and Alexandra K. Peters; sisters-in-law: Leona Hopkins and Donella Jones both of Abbeville, LA; son-in-law: Lawrence Vallery, Jr. of Lafayette, LA and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband: Alvin J. Peters, Sr.; parents: Daniel Lewis and Lucille Joiner; sisters: Florence August, Doris Shelvin and Dorothy Wilson; brothers: Earl Henderson Sr., Francis Henderson, and James Wimbly; one stepson: Ivory Peters.
Active pallbearers are Lawrence Vallery Jr., Waverly E. Levere, Gregory Lege, Johnny Taylor, Wendell Henderson and Reginald Henderson.
Honorary pallbearers are Clayton Peters, Alvin Peters, Jr., Calvin Henderson, Darrin Lege, Alexander Joiner, Jr., Earl Henderson, Jr., Joseph Brown, Alfred Brown II, Larry Shelvin, Wallace Shelvin, Jr. and Gus Brown, Sr.
Condolences may be expressed at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org
Arrangements are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home (337-893-2440) 1116 Greene Street, Abbeville, LA 70560.