Evening star. [volume], February 26, 1959, Page A-17, Image 17

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J. C. Peterson, 45, Dies;
Served ICA in Ankara
James C. Peterson, 45, an
agricultural economist with the
International Co-Operation Ad
ministration, died yesterday at
tne American Hospital in An
kara. Turkey.
Mr. Peterson, whose Wash
ington address was 3816 Eighth
street N.W., had been stationed
in the Turkish capital for the
past two years.
A native of Jackson,, Miss.,
Mr. Peterson held a masters
degree from Fisk University
and did additional work at the
University of Minnesota.
He came to Washington
around 1940 to work for the
Department of Agriculture and
remained there for about 12
years
In 1952, he joined ICA and
spent his first four-year tour
of duty in India, where he and
his wife adopted an 18-
months-old Indian girl, Sushila
Jane Peterson.
After his service in India,
the Petersons returned to this
country for a two-month
leave. He then was reassigned
to Ankara.
Mrs. Peterson aicompanied
her husband to Turkey but re
turned to the United States
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• I fore their adopted daughter'#
- re-entry permit waa to expire,
tj Mr. Peterson leaves his wife,
-; Audrey C. Peterson, and
daughter of the home address;
. a sister Mrs. Mannie B. Curtis
,| of 56 Fifty-fifth street S.E.,
j and his mother, Mrs. Josie B.
. McKinney of Jackson. Miss.
Funeral arrangements have
not been completed. Mr. Peter
s son’s body will be returned to
y | this country for burial.
e| ;
e Mrs. R. P. Cook,
2 Maryland Native
4) Mrs. Robert P. Cook, 40, a
r lifelong resident of Hyattsvllle,
d died Tuesday after a brief 111-
' ness at Walter Reed Army Hos
* pital. She lived at 3501 Madl
i, json place, Hyattsvllle.
s Services will be held at 2
p.m. tomorrow at the Oasch
Funeral Home, 4739 Baltimore
d avenue, Hyattsvllle. Burial will
- |be in St. John’s Cemetery in
■s Beltsvllle, Md.
Phebe Ann Ross,
Active in DAR
Miss Phebe Ann Ross, a rest
dent of Georgetown for 78
years, died Monday in Grace
Hospital, Richmond. She was
86.
A native of Georgetown,
Mrs. Ross was for many years
a member of Grace Episcopal
Church there, serving on the
vestry and representing the
church at the Episcopal Home
for the Aged.
She moved to a nursing
home in Richmond eight years
ago.
Mrs. Ross became a member
of the Daughters of the Amer-1
lean Revolution in 1935 and
was chapter regent from 1938
to 1940. She was also DAR
state librarian and curator for
the DAR museum.
She belonged to the Nation
al Genealogical Society.
Mrs. Ross retired from the
Bureau of Animal Husbandry,
Department of Agriculture, In
1942 She had been employed
by the Government for more
than 40 years.
She leaves a nephew, Irvin
, R. Ross, 706 Easly street, Silver
Spring.
Services were to be held at
> 1 p.m. today at Hines Funeral
I Home. 2901 Fourteenth street
i N.W. Burial was to be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
George C. Hope, Sheriff
And Ex-Football Coach
PARKBLEY, Va., Feb. 26
<AP>.—Oeorge C. Hope, sheriff
of Accomack County and head
football coach at the Univer
sity of Richmond during the
1945 season, died last night of
a heart attack.
The sheriff was stricken at
his home here about 10:20 pjn.
and died about 20 minutes
later.
Sheriff Hope attended Fork
Union Military Academy and;
was graduated from the Uni
versity of Richmond in 1934.
He was captain of the 1933
Spider football team and re
cently was named to the all
time Richmond football team.
He was a tackle.
He coached football at Maury
High School after his gradua
tion and served in the Navy
during World War II In posts
at Norfolk and overseas.
After a year as football coach
at Richmond, he returned to
Accomack County and was
elected sheriff In 1947. He was
l re-elected to four-year terms
jin 1951 and 1955.
He was a member of Zion
Baptist Church, a Mason, a
Shriner and belonged to the
Elks, Lions Club, American Le
igion and Veterans of Foreign
'Wars.
Survivors Include his widow,
the former Miss Mary Moran 1
Barry of Norfolk, a son, a
daughter, hie mother and fa
ther and a sister.
Dr. W. E. Martin,
Ex-President of
Sullins College
BRISTOL. Va.. Feb. 26 (AP). I
—Dr William E. Martin, presi
dent emeritus of Sullins College!
here, died yesterday at his home;
at the college. He was 85.
Dr. Martin was president of
the college from 1904 to 1910
before moving to the Women'{
College of Alabama at Mont
gomery, and then to Ward-
Belmont College in Nashville.
In 1915 he started the res
toration of Sullins College,
which had been destroyed by
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fire, and held the presidency
until 1949 when he was suc
ceeded by his son.
He was active in the civic
and religious life of the Ap
palachia region. Under his ad
ministration, Sullins grew from
a small college to one with ap
proximately* 400 students rep
resenting more than 30 States
and several foreign countries.
He leaves his wife, three chil
dren and several sisters.
A funeral servioe was to be
held at 3 p.m. today at State
Street Methodist Church here.
Burial will be In Bristol.
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