Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Orris Potts
Washington Times-Herald
Tuesday, 9 Jan 1996
Orris Norvell Potts, 80, Washington, Rt. 2, died at the Daviess County
Hospital at 6 p.m. Monday. The funeral will be a 1:30 p.m. Thursday at
Gill Chapel with the Rev. Marvin Arvin officiating. Interment will be
in Oak Grove Cemetery in Reeve Township. The American Legion and VFW
will accord full military honors at graveside. Friends may call from
4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. He was born January 16, 1915
at Waco to Alfred J. and Mary Jane Stewart Potts. He married Iona Cloe
Collins, February 4, 1939 and she survives. He was a retired farmer working
for the Ralph Berry Farms for 34 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving
during World War II. He was a member of Truelove United Methodist Church
and attended Porter School. Surviving are his wife and several nieces
and nephews. One sister and two brothers, Faye Potter, and Christy and
Leodis Potts, have died.
January 8, 1996
Contributed by: Sandra Hedrick Allen