Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Francis Potts
Washington Democrat
Sat, 26 Nov 1949, p1
FRANCIS POTTS DIED SUDDENLY
Master Francis Heilman Potts, nine-year-old son of Ralph H. and Pearl
Bingham Potts of Cowan, IN, died about 7 o'clock Friday morning enroute
to the Riley Hospital from Washington. Francis had come here with his
parents to spend Thanksgiving with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Potts, Viola Avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. Brant Bingham, 806 Ogden street.
He had played all day and was taken ill Thursday evening. An autopsy
was performed at Riley to determine the cause of his death. The little
boy was born on Feb 7, 1940, in this city, moving later to Cowan, IN,
with his parents and brothers, Kenneth R., Harry L. and sister, Charlotte
Ann, who survive. He attended the Cowan schools and was a member of
the Methodist church of that city. The body will be taken to the home
of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Potts, Viola Ave,. this afternoon.
Funeral services will be Monday afternoon at 2:30 at Oak Grove church
in Reeve township with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Hawpins,
pastor of the EUB church will be in charge.
Contributed by: Sandra Hedrick Allen