Neil W Peters Jr, former president of the Michigan — Ohio Regional Division of the Truck Body and Equipment Association (TBEA) from 1972 — 73, died Jan 2, 2004, at home.
He had been involved in the truck equipment industry since 1949, starting as a parts counterman in Neil's Automotive Service Inc, a business run by his father, Neil W Peters Sr. The younger Peters served as the company's service manager, salesman, and branch manager; eventually, he became president of the firm. He retired from the industry in 1988.