Charles Peterson, 87, of New York City, formerly of Washington, died Friday, November 13, 1998, in Silver Crest Extended Care Facility of New York Hospital. He attend grade school in Birmingham and high school in Fairmont, W.Va. He was a retired executive of Gimbels Department Store, Pittsburgh. While residing in Washington, he was a member of Nazareth Baptist Church, where he was an acting interim pastor and a member of the board of deacons. On April 16, 1935, in Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Washington, he married Mary Agnes Scott, who died December 3, 1992. Surviving are a son, Charles Louis Peterson of Brownsville; a daughter, the Rev. Dr. Carolyn Ann Distant of New York, N.Y.; a brother, William Earnest Peterson of Atlanta, Ga.; four grandsons, Charles F. and David Peterson, Lawrence Mack and Hope Distant; nine great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife, deceased are a brother, David S. Peterson; a sister, Fannie Gardner; and a granddaughter, Tara McDougal. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Tuesday, November 17, 1998Charles Peterson
Interim pastor at Nazareth Baptist Church
He was born July 13, 1911, in Birmingham, Ala, a son of David and Nora Lee Williams Peterson.