Billy Ray Peterson

Billy Ray Peterson was born in Rosenthal, Texas on May 4, 1941 to John Perry Peterson and Minnie Methea Loewe. Billy passed away in Kaufman on July 13, 2013. He was raised in Dawson and graduated from Dawson High School. After high school Billy joined the U. S. Navy and was discharged in 1968. After the service Billy moved to Dallas and attended electrician school. He was an electrician for over forty-five years. He worked for Kennedy Electric in Mesquite for ten years before retiring in 2007. Billy loved to restore old tractors and was a member of the North Texas Tractor Club and the Methodist Church. On January 11, 1969 Billy married Joyce Elaine Hopping in Dallas at Grace Temple Baptist Church. His parents and a sister Myrtle Diann Caraway preceded Billy in death. He is survived by his wife: Joyce of Kaufman, stepsons: Gary Aaron of Des Moines, Iowa and Greg Aaron of Seagoville, brother: John Perry Peterson Jr. of Austin, sisters: Betty Huddleston of Fort Worth and Katheryn Bankston of Belton, nieces, nephews and many other relatives.