Cecilia D Peters

Nannie Mae Parrish Peters in Morristown, Tennessee. She entered into eternal

rest on May 29, 2023. She is preceded in death by her parents and brother,

Marvin Edward Jerome Parrish, Sr.

She leaves to cherish her memory sister Sandra D. Peters of Morristown; brothers

Dow Woodson Peters, Jr. (Louvenia) of Jacksonville, Florida, Stan Peters (Janetta)

of Atlanta, Georgia, and Jack Peters (Lisa) of Atlanta, Georgia; nieces Michelle

Ballin (Derrick), Tianna Peters, Jada Peters, Monica Meadows (Kenneth), Natasha

Parrish, Dominique Parrish; nephews Alex Peters (Ja’Nina), Tyler Peters, Dow

Woodson Peters, III (Noel), Dax Peters, Marvin E. Parrish, Jr., and Eric Edwards;

and a host of other relatives and friends.

Cecilia, affectionately known as “Di,” was a faithful member of the Jehovah’s

Witness faith for 44 years and attended congregations in Morristown, Knoxville,

and Atlanta. She graduated from Morristown Hamblen High School West, received

her bachelor’s degree from Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, and a master’s

degree from Southern Polytechnic University in Atlanta, Georgia.

After graduating from Berea College, Cecilia worked in college information

systems at Walters State Community College, the University of Tennessee in

Knoxville, and Emory University in Atlanta. Cecilia retired from Emory University in

2013.

Cecilia enjoyed traveling and visited Chile, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Senegal,

The Netherlands, and her favorite spot Costa Rica. Cecilia was fluent in Spanish

and enjoyed attending Spanish congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Atlanta

and Morristown.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at 1:00 PM at

Stubblefield Funeral Home, 5421 East Andrew Johnson Highway, Morristown,

Tennessee. The family will receive friends before the memorial service starting at

12:00 PM. Inurnment will take place immediately following the memorial service

at Hamblen Memory Gardens, adjacent to Stubblefield Funeral Home.

The family wants to thank everyone for the many expressions of love, prayers, and

sympathy. A special thank you to Sandra Kelley of Morristown for her tireless

devotion to Cecilia during her recent illness.