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PHOTOS: Beloved Tipton pizza delivery driver receives new car

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Robert “Mr. Smiles” Peters, right, hugs Tanner Langley after Peters took his new 2017 Chevy Malibu for a spin on Monday, January 11, 2021. Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Langley to buy a new car for Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years.

  • Photos by Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
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Tanner Langley, left, laughs with Robert Peters, after handing over the keys to Peters’ 2017 Chevy Malibu outside of Tipton’s Pizza Hut on Monday, January 11, 2021. Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Langley to buy a new car for Peters, who’s been a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for more than 30 years.

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
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Robert Peters smiles as he sits in his new 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

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Robert Peters takes his new car, a 2017 Chevy Malibu, for a spin around the block on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
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Robert Peters’ 1993 Cutlass Sierra was upgraded on Monday, January 11, 2021, with a 2017 Chevy Malibu. Tipton residents donated more than $18,000 within a week to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Peters. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
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Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car WEB ONLY 07.JPG

Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car WEB ONLY 08.JPG

Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car WEB ONLY 09.JPG

Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car WEB ONLY 10.JPG

Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
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Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

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New car 05.jpg

Robert “Mr. Smiles” Peters, right, hugs Tanner Langley after Peters took his new 2017 Chevy Malibu for a spin on Monday, January 11, 2021. Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Langley to buy a new car for Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years.

  • Photos by Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car 01.jpg

Tanner Langley, left, laughs with Robert Peters, after handing over the keys to Peters’ 2017 Chevy Malibu outside of Tipton’s Pizza Hut on Monday, January 11, 2021. Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Langley to buy a new car for Peters, who’s been a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for more than 30 years.

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car 03.jpg

Robert Peters smiles as he sits in his new 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car 04.jpg

Robert Peters takes his new car, a 2017 Chevy Malibu, for a spin around the block on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car 02.jpg

Robert Peters’ 1993 Cutlass Sierra was upgraded on Monday, January 11, 2021, with a 2017 Chevy Malibu. Tipton residents donated more than $18,000 within a week to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Peters. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car WEB ONLY 06.JPG

Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car WEB ONLY 07.JPG

Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car WEB ONLY 08.JPG

Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car WEB ONLY 09.JPG

Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
New car WEB ONLY 10.JPG

Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
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Within one week, more than $18,000 was donated to a GoFundMe started by Tanner Langley to buy a new car for Robert “Smiley” Peters, a Tipton Pizza Hut delivery driver for over 30 years. Peters received a 2017 Chevy Malibu on Monday, January 11, 2021. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

  • Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

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