Rev. Arthur I. Peters, Sr., 85, of Rochester, passed away on March 8th, 2025 in Heritage Valley Beaver. He was born in East Liverpool, Ohio on November 26th, 1939, a son of the late Caesar A. Sr. and Dorothy Wright Peters. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Victoria E. Peters, a sister, Millicent Russell, two brothers, Caesar A. Peters Jr. and Richard Peters. He is survived by his wife of thirty-one years, Beverlee D. (Law) Peters, three daughters and one son-in-law, LeTecia D. and James Worsley of New Jersey, Anita L. Peters, of Mississippi and Sarah L. Jacobs of Ohio, three sons and a daughter-in-law, Arthur I. Peter II of California, Jason A. and Nia S. Peters, of Lexington, North Carolina, Jacob M. Peters of Ohio, twenty-one grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, one great-great grandson, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Reverend Arthur was a retired service technician and customer service director with Xerox Corporation of Youngstown, Ohio. He was a former member of the Second Baptist Church of East Liverpool, Ohio and the former pastor and former member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Weirton, West Virginia. He was a member of Christian United Association where he was a chaplain, having served in that capacity, with the former Friendship Ridge. He was a Peacetime Navy Veteran, a member and former president of the East Liverpool NAACP, a member of the Urban League of Youngstown, Ohio. Reverend Arthur was a former police patrol officer in Canton, Ohio, and a technician of animation with Walt Disney Inc. He was a retired school bus driver with Hopewell School District, a former DART bus driver, as well as a volunteer program director with the Society for the Blind, providing a radio program for the visually impaired. His passion was being a motorcycle enthusiast, as a member of the Gold Wing Road Rider Association. He loved traveling with his wife Beverlee by motorcycle and motorhome.  Friends will be received on Friday, March 14th, from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m., at William Murphy Funeral Home, 349 Adams Street Rochester. Officiating will be Pastor Richard Jackson. Interment will follow in Spring Grove Cemetery of East Liverpool, Ohio. The Vietnam Veterans of America will provide full military honors for their fallen comrade Friday, March 14th at 11:45 a.m. at the funeral home.