Stephany Marie Kizer Peterson, 51, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 in Perdido Key, Fla.
Mrs. Peterson was born September 29, 1966 to James P. and Marie Kizer at U.S. Marine Corps Air base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The family moved from Hawaii to California, then to assignments in the U.S. and Vietnam, California, North Carolina and Virginia over the next 12 years, spending much of their summers in Atmore. Her father retired in 1978 and the family moved to Atmore, where she attended Escambia County Middle School then Escambia County High School. Transferring to Ernest Ward High School, where she graduated from in 1984, she went to Auburn University. She left Auburn to attend flight attendant school in Grapevine, Texas and worked for American Airlines for five years, living in New York and Grapevine. She relocated to Orange Beach, Ala. and partnered to open Ya Ya's Restaurant.
The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Jan. 12, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home with Father Milsted officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Peterson is survived by her husband, David Peterson; two sons, Patrick Casey Byers and Bradley Joseph Byers; two brothers, James P. (Beth) Kizer, Jr. of Navarre, Fla. and Steven J. (Michelle) Kizer of Gulf Shores; and numerous nephews, nieces and other extended family members.