Warren Osmer Peters (1912 - 1969)

Born 25 Apr 1912 in Tennessee, United States

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Died 9 Feb 1969 at age 56 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Warren Osmer, who went by 'Osmer' and is sometimes shown in official records as 'Osmer Warren' was born in 1912, the son of Ulysses Peters and Orlena Albertson. ^[1] By 1930, his mother Lena had died and his father had remarried to Rosa (Phibbs) Price, whose son Carroll Price, age 14, also resided with them. ^[2]

He married on 16 Sep 1933 at Albany, Kentucky to Lula Watson ^{[3] [4]} and they had a son: ^{[5] [6]}

1. Warren E.

In 1942, at the age of 30, Osmer left his job in the textile industry, enlisted in the Army at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on the first anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and served in World War II as an Army Private First Class. ^[7] Osmer at one time served as General Patton's driver in the "Rainbow Brigade" of the 42nd Infantry. After his son was born, Osmer went Absent Without Leave (AWOL) to go home and see his son, and then he returned to duty in Europe. ^[5]

Osmer passed away in 1969 at the age of 56 and is buried at Knoxville National Cemetery in Tennessee. ^[8]

Obituary: ^{[6] [9]}

"PETERS, Warren O. -- age 56, passed away at 12:20 a.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Hospital. Residence 2137 Norvell Drive. He was a member of Smithwood Baptist Church and had been employed at Standard Knitting Mills for the past 28 years. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Lula Watson Peters; son, Warren E. Peters, US Army in Germany; step-mother, Mrs. Rosa Peters, Lenoir City; brothers, Wesley Peters, California, Eston Peters and Solon Peters, both of Knoxville; half-brother Benny Hull, High Point, N.C.; step-brother Carroll Price, California. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rose Chapel, Rev. Ed Scarlett officiating. Internment, US National Cemetery. Friends will be received 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Rose Mortuary."

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNG2-CK8 : accessed 26 December 2016), Osmer Peters in household of Ulysses W Peters, Knoxville Ward 19, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 110, sheet 21A, line 29, family 422, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1750; FHL microfilm 1,821,750.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP4L-DF6 : 8 December 2015), Osmer W Peters in entry for L N Peters, 1930.
3. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D4-WWYG : 22 July 2021), W O Peters and Lula Watson, 16 Sep 1933; citing Marriage, Albany, Clinton, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,877,072.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4CM-V7D : accessed 26 December 2016), Warren O Peters, Ward 15, Knoxville, Civil District 2, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97-70, sheet 2A, line 12, family 27, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3958.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Personal memories of Mona (Hull) Bennett
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57J-V66G : 14 September 2021), Warren O Peters, 1969.
7. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8T1-GSM : 5 December 2014), Warren O Peters, enlisted 07 Dec 1942, Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #48991019 for PFC Warren Osmer Peters (25 Apr 1912–9 Feb 1969), citing Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Howard A Sutherland (contributor 47002050) .
9. ↑ Unidentified newspaper clipping, possibly the Knoxville News Sentinel, retrieved from Find A Grave Memorial #48991019

See also:

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57J-V66G : 14 September 2021), Warren O Peters, 1969.