GUSSIE M PETERSON, AGE 76, RECEIVED HER WINGS ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2023.
SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIE LAND IDA BELL CLARK.

GUSSIE ATTENDED SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS A LOVING, DEVOTED MOTHER TO MANY AND HER HOME WAS ALWAYS OPEN TO ENTERTAIN AND ENJOY FOOD AND FAMILY FESTIVITIES. GUSSIE ENJOYED COOKING MEALS FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND WAS A WONDERFUL COOK. SHE ALSO TRULY ENJOYED PLAYING CARDS.

GUSSIE WAS EMPLOYED WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SHE WAS ALSO EMPLOYED AT OHIO ROCKY KNOLL HEALTH CARE CENTER AS AN AIDE. DURING HER LATER YEARS SHE WAS A CAREGIVER AND A HOME HEALTH AIDE.

GUSSIE GAVE HER LIFE TO CHRIST AT A YOUNG AGE AND CONTINUED SERVE IN HER CHURCH AND THE COMMUNITY. SHE WAS ON THE CULINARY COMMITTEE AT SECOND BAPTIST UNDER DR. RODERICK POUNDS. SHE WAS ON THE MOTHER’S BOARD AND THE USHER BOARD AT NEW LIFE UNDER PASTOR DOUGLAS PRICE.

GUSSIE AND FREDDY J MCGINNIS WERE UNITED AND WERE THE PARENTS OF A BOUNTIFUL BLEND OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS.

GUSSIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, WILLIE LAND IDA BELL CURRY, HUSBAND JESSE E. PETERSON SR., BROTHERS-SONY, HAYWOOD, CARL AND MICHAEL CLARK, SISTERS-TRACY FRANKLIN AND LORETHA CLARK AND SON – DARREN MCGINNIS SR. MOTHER GUSSIE LEAVES HER LOVE AND HER MEMORIES TO BE CHERISHISHED, DAUGHTERS-TINA AND
CHARITA PETERSON, LANETTE AND MICHELLE MCGINNIS. SONS-VANCE (SHEILA) WOODALL SR AND REV. JESSE E. (REBAKAH) PETERSON JR; SISTER ELIZABETH (SONY) MITCHELL.
GRANCHILDERN – LATOYA (TYLER) WILLIAMS, DERRICK (DIAMOND) MILLER, DEMETRIS (TIFFANY) MILLER, DION MILLER, DENNIS (ELEXIS) MILLER, CHARLES (KIA) PETERSON, ROBERT (DANIELLE) PETERSON, CHEREEE (SHAUN) CARTER, TANGIER (LARRY) WILLIAMS JESSE III (ASHLY) PETERSON, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND SPECIAL COUSINS JAN LEWIS AND MICHELLE LOGAN, SPECIAL NEPHEW GERALD FRANKLIN, SPECIAL NIECE YOLANDA WATSON, SPECIAL FRIEND DARNELL FITZGERALD, AND HER SPECAIL FRIENDS AT SAXON VILLAGE IN TALLMADGE, OHIO, AND A HOST OF OTHER NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS.