ERWIN - Barbara J. Peterson, age 86, of Erwin, passed away on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Governorâs Bend Assisted Living, surrounded by her cherished, loving family, to join her family gone on before. Barbara was the loving, supportive wife of 65 years to Gordon L. Peterson.
Gone on before Barbara, were her parents, Tom and Hattie Metcalf, mother and father-in-law, Philmore and Elizabeth Peterson, grandson, Chris Bailey, brothers, Tommy, Bill and Robert Metcalf, sisters, Betty, Ernestine and Earline. Barbara had a cherished son, Greg Peterson of Knoxville, who passed just a few weeks back on January 21, 2021 at the age of 58 from a sudden heart attack.