One of Landy Warren's fondest memories of the late Dr. Robert Peters—Round Rock's first doctor—is how the community looked forward to seeing Peters in one of his antique cars at the city's Fourth of July parade.

"He would always carry the Citizen of the Year in his car. Everyone in the parade loved to see which car he was driving. That car always ended up with a ton of candy," said Warren, executive vice president and chief lending officer at First Texas Bank in Round Rock.

Warren served as Chairman of the Board of St. David's Round Rock Medical Center alongside Peters for nine years.

"Dr. Peters had a servant's heart. He loved to serve the community. He loved to help those in need," Warren said. "He would volunteer for people who didn't have insurance or enough insurance. If there was anything going on positive in Round Rock, he was a part of it."

To honor Peters' legacy of community service, the Greater Round Rock Community Foundation has set up the Bob Peters Foundation Fund at www.rrcommunityfoundation.org.

The funds raised will go toward a statue being built in Peters' honor. Warren said the statue will likely go in a downtown city park and will feature Peters along with his dog, Honey Bear.

In addition, the Foundation has set up an endowed scholarship in Peters' honor that will be awarded to an ACC student who graduated from Round Rock ISD and is pursuing health care-related education.

In order for the Peters statue to be life-size, the Foundation will need to raise $22,000. Warren said the Foundation would like the statue to be one-and-a-half times life size, but in order for that to happen, it would need to raise $33,000.

In order to fund the endowed scholarship, the Foundation would need to raise at least an additional $17,000 for the endowment. Anything above the $50,000 total would then go back toward the scholarship.

"We want the scholarship to be $2,000 per year because that's approximately the cost of a semester to possibly a year of going to ACC. If we raise $100,000, we would have two students and so on and so forth," Warren said.

Peters died Jan. 13 after battling cancer, which was further complicated by the onset of pneumonia.

"If it weren't for the pneumonia, he could've probably lived another two years," Warren said. "But instead of flowers, this is a way to keep him in our memory for years to come."

To donate, visit www.rrcommunityfoundation.org, and click on the "Donate now!" link at the bottom of the right-hand side of the homepage. Select the "Bob Peters Foundation Fund," which is the first fund listed.

Checks can also be mailed to:

Greater Round Rock Community Foundation

206 E. Main St., Round Rock, TX 78664