Matthew Allen Peters died Monday, May 3, 2010, at River Region Medical Center. He was 46.

Born in Fresno, Calif., he had been a Vicksburg resident for the past three years. He was a graduate of Clovis High School in Clovis, Calif., and was a senior at Belhaven University. A carpenter by trade, he was a communicant of St. Michael Catholic Church.

He is survived by his wife, Cathy Marshall Peters of Vicksburg; a stepson, Timmy Marshall of Vicksburg; his parents, Leo Jerome Peters and Janette Marie Davis Peters of Sutherlin, Calif.; four sisters, Teresa Guaglianone of Bakersville, Calif., Monica Peters Bankston of Fresno, Andrea Hill of Springhill, Tenn., and Angela Keirn of Hanford, Calif.; and nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass will be said at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Michael Catholic Church with the Rev. P.J. Curley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Riles Funeral Home. Visitation will be Friday at the church from 1 p.m. until the service.

Memorials may be made to St. Michael Catholic Church Building Fund, 100 St. Michael Place, Vicksburg, MS 39180.