Peter W. Everett

Peter W. Everett LAKE TALLAVANA - Peter W. Everett, 81, a professor emeritus at Florida State University, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006, in Tallahassee from complications of a stroke. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Virginia H. Everett. The service will be at 2 p.m. EST Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church, with burial at Tallahassee Memory Gardens. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. EST Friday at Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Riggins Road Chapel (850-877-8191). In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308, or the Peter W. Everett Scholarship Fund, in care of the Tallahassee Lions Club, P.O. Box 133, Tallahassee, FL 32302. Born April 7, 1924, in Bristol, Pa., Dr. Everett served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts and doctorate degree from the University of Iowa, where he played varsity baseball as a first baseman. He taught and coached at Appalachian High School in Boone, N.C. He was an associate professor and director of the graduate program in physical education at Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone and an associate professor and assistant football coach at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. He served as associate professor, professor and associate head, professor and head and professor and chairman of graduate studies in the department of movement science and physical education during his career at Florida State University, from 1959 to his retirement in 1991. He was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honorary Fraternity, Phi Epsilon Kappa National Physical Education Honorary Fraternity, Phi Delta Kappa National Education Honorary and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Dr. Everett began serving his profession while still in college, where he served as president of the National Physical Education Honorary Fraternity in 1948 and 1951. Since 1950, he had been involved on a state, district or national level with American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). He held a variety of positions including five chairman titles, Southern district representative to the Alliance, Alliance representative to International Council of HPER, Alliance Retiree Network Committee, lobbyist and parliamentarian. He also served as president-elect, president and past-president of the state, district and national organizations of AAHPERD. He received many awards in his career, including the University of Iowa's Athletic Board Scholarship Cup, honor awards from FAHPERD, SDAHPERD and AAHPERD, and the 1988 Lion of the Year and 1994 "Old Monarch" awards from the Tallahassee Lions Club. He became a member of the Tallahassee Lions Club in 1970, serving on the board of directors, as assistant secretary, as second vice president, as first vice president and as president. Dr. Everett served as president of the Big Bend Officials Association and achieved a superior official rating in football and basketball during his career as an official in the Tallahassee area. An avid softball player, he played in the Tallahassee Recreation Department's "A" League from 1959 to 1978 and in the "B" League from 1979 to 1989. Dr. Everett was elected to the Leon County School Board in 1970, 1974 and 1978, serving as chairman in 1975, 1979 and 1982. He served as first vice president and president of the Florida School Boards Association from 1976 to 1978. He also served on the Leon County Capital Stadium Board from 1971 to 1982. In addition to his wife, Virginia, Dr. Everett is survived by two daughters, Geni Everett of Tallahassee and Nancy Boettcher (and husband Steve) of Stone Mountain, Ga.; three sons, John Everett (and wife Peggy) of Jackson, Ga., and Randy Everett (and wife Barbie) and Jimmy Everett, both of Tallahassee; seven grandchildren, Brent, Lauren and Haley Everett, all of Jackson, Brittany and Jennifer Brown, both of Stone Mountain, and Tyler Everett and Nicholas Maxwell, both of Tallahassee; two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Earl Everett of Deerfield Beach, Bob Everett (and wife Barbara) of Levittown, Pa., and Philip Everett (and wife Evelyn) of Charlotte, N.C.; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Russell and Catherine Mahan Everett; his stepmother, Jennie Everett; a brother, Wilmer Everett; and his sister, Dorothy Everett.