In Loving Memory

PETERSON, PASTOR RICKY DALE

 Age 50, of Sumiton, passed
 away Wednesday, March 26, 2003. He was the founder and
 pastor of Faith Worship Center, a youth baseball coach, he
 worked as a coal miner and an Apprentice Funeral Director and
 Embalmer with Prime Succession and Bell Funeral Home,
 Sumiton and Forestdale. Visitation will be Saturday, March 29,
 2003 at Faith Worship Center from 3pm until 6pm followed by
 Funeral services beginning at 6pm. Pastor Brandon Dill and
 Pastor Mark Brown will officiate. Burial will be Sunday, March 30,
 at 11:00am at New Horizon Memorial Gardens. Pastor Peterson
 is survived by his wife of 32 years, Joyce Peterson; daughter,
 Katina (Cale) Burton of Sumiton; grandchildren, Joshua and
 Emily Burton of Sumiton; parents, Bob and Loanie Peterson of
 Dora; brother, Steve (Sandra) Peterson of Dora; mother and
 father-in-law, Ruth and Ralph Thomas of Sumiton;
a host of  nieces, nephews (Jason Peterson) 
and other relatives and friends.
Bell Funeral Home, Sumiton and Forestdale directing. <> 

Ricky was a victim of a Triple Homicide that rocked Sumiton Alabama
               Robbery may have been the
              motive for a shooting that left three people
              dead at a Sumiton funeral home Wednesday