Shirley Peterson, 73, Dogwood Drive, Hopkinsville, passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital, Evansville, Ind., of natural causes.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 12, 2023, at Lamb Funeral Home with John Tatum officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hill Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 11, 2023, at the funeral home.
A native of Hopkinsville, she was born August 17, 1949, the daughter of the late William Dawson Moore and the late Mary Katherine (Meredith) Moore.
Shirley was a first-grade teacher at Belmont Elementary for over 30 years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Raymond D. Moore; and her sister, Linda Moore Waldrop.
Survivors include her husband, LeRoy Peterson, Hopkinsville, her daughter, Amanda (Thomas) Thorne, Hopkinsville; her brother, Ronald “Ronnie” (Donna) Moore, Hopkinsville; and her grandchildren, Philip Thorne and Evelynn Thorne.
