Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Roy F. Potts
Washington Times Herald
Fri, 27 Dec 1968, p1
ROY F. POTTS DIES THURSDAY
Roy F. POTTS, 74, 623 West Walnut Street,
a retired locomotive engineer on the B&O Railroad died at 3:45 p.m. Thursday
at the Daviess County Hospital following an illness of several months
and a serious illness of eight days. Mr. POTTS was born March 11, 1894,
in Daviess County, a son of Thomas J. and Margaret Ellen (ARMES) POTTS.
On September 12, 1917, he married Elizabeth Klein, who survives. A veteran
of World War I, Mr. POTTS was educated in Knox County schools. He was
a member of the Free Methodist Church, American Legion, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Besides his widow he leaves two sons, Roy Earl POTTS, Pasadena, CA; Clifford
P. POTTS, Odon; one daughter, Mrs. Warren (Lola) WILLIAMS, Flossmoor,
IL; six grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Martha ARMES of Washington.
Two brothers preceded him in death. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Sunday at the Free Methodist Church with the Rev. Burl SHINKLE officiating
and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the Gill Chapel
after 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Contributed by: Sandra Hedrick Allen