Lewis Carroll Peters

Psalm 23 1The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. Lewis Carroll Peters went into the house of the Lord on February 22, 2016. He was very much loved and admired by all of his family, friends and nearly everyone he came to know. A true Southern Gentleman, he never met a soul that he could not find something in common with and treated everyone he encountered with the same respect and courtesy as the next. This world is a better place because he was here. He was born in Baton Rouge, LA on November 14, 1929. And graduated from Baton Rouge High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from Louisiana State University in 1950 and a Masters degree in Forestry in 1951 from Yale University. Lewis was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force in 1950 and in 1952, during the Korean conflict, was called to active duty. He remained on active duty until August 1954 and served in the Air Force Reserve until 1958 with an honorable discharge as a Captain. He was a retired forester, spending most of his career as a Consulting forester and a co-owner of the forestry consulting firm Bennett&Peters, Inc, until 1997. After retirement from Bennett&Peters, he worked part-time with his son Warren at Peters Forest Resources, Inc. He was preceded in death by his Mother, Marion Wooten Peters, his father George Peters and his twin brother George M. Peters. He is survived by his wife, Julia Brumfield Peters; a son Glen Peters, his wife Allison Peters and their son Graham Peters; a Daughter Mary Fuller and her husband Roger Fuller; a son Warren Peters, his wife Barbara Peters and their children Lauren Peters and Lewis Peters, II; a daughter Carol Bourgois, her husband Bill Bourgois and their daughter Ashley Bourgois; the mother of his children Wynona Peters; a stepdaughter  Lisa Bostick , her husband Bill Bostick and their children Jon Bostick, Kathryn Bostick and Robert Bostick; stepson David Nesbit, his spouse Jackie Nesbit and children Jennifer Nesbit and Julia Nesbit; stepson Kevin Nesbit, his wife Sandy Nesbit and their children Blake McNiece and Alex Nesbit; stepson Keith Nesbit and his child Amy Nesbit;  Stepdaughter Jan Bogan, her spouse Dan Bogan, and their children Daniel Bogan and Laura  Bogan. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital or the The Baton Rouge Regional Eye Bank. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 pm Thursday February 25th and from 8:00 am until funeral services at 10:30 am Friday February 26th at Rabenhorst Funeral Home at 825 Government St., Baton Rouge, LA 70802.