Milly Dufour Peters

Aiken – Milly Dufour Peters, 97, passed away peacefully at her residence on October 21, 2026.

Milly was born on September 26, 1929, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the late Ewing and Mozelle Smith. She was a Magna cum laude graduate of Murfreesboro Central High School in 1946. She received her AB Degree from Duke University and her J.D. Degree from Duke Law School in 1950. After marrying her law school sweetheart, Alfred E. Dufour of Charleston, SC, they were the first husband and wife team sworn into the South Carolina Bar Association. That same year, Al and Milly settled in Aiken and formed the law firm of Dufour & Dufour which provided legal services including personal injury, workman’s compensation, Social Security and bankruptcy actions, as well as real estate matters and probate matters.

Milly was the first female attorney practicing in Aiken County, SC. During her career, Milly served as Secretary of the South Carolina Bar Association, on the Board of Governors of the SC Bar Association, on the Dean’s USC Law School Board, Continuing Legal Education Committee and as President of the Security Fund Committee. She served as a Bar Examiner for the State of SC. She was a former Vice Chairman of Aiken Technical College Foundation, former member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Outing Club, Woodside Country Club, Les Ami Dance Club and several bridge clubs. Milly also served as Organizer and past president of Aiken Jayccettes and was a former member and Director of United Fund and United Way of Aiken County of SC. In 1981, Milly was honored as the Career Woman of the Year.

Milly was preceded in death by her first husband, Alfred E. Dufour, and her late husband, Albert H. Peters, Jr. In addition to her parents, Milly is predeceased by her sister and brother–in-law, Nancy and Bill Sellers, her sister, Judy Smith, and her brother Tommy Smith. Surviving are her children; Glenn (Kim), Steve (Pat) and Ray (Mary), stepson Albert H. (Pete) Peters III (Karen) and her grandchildren; Allison Dufour, Max Dufour (Lexie), Cameron Bass and Tyler Bass, her brother-in-law; Tommy Smith and several nieces and nephews.

Special thanks to Tracey Serrano, Melba Glover, Olanda Johnson, Diane Cuthbertson, Ernestine Jenkins, and Juanita Robinson for their care, compassion and friendship to Milly through the years.

Funeral services will be private.

SHELLHOUSEW FUNERAL HOME, INC., 924 HAYNE AVE., AIKEN, SC 29801