Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Ulysses Grant Potts
Washington Democrat
Thursday, 20 Dec 1945, p1
DIES WHILE VISITING SON
Died Around Noon Yesterday at Son's Home
Ulysses Grant Potts, 82, passed away at 12:15 Wednesday morning while visiting in Terre Haute.
His wife, the former Fanny Farris, and the following children survive: Mrs. Stella Catt, Petersburg; Mrs. Bertha Mahoney, New York; Mrs. Pearl Prothroe, Florida; Mrs. Carrie Gilley of this city; Benjamin Potts of Terre Haute; James Potts of Huntingburg, W VA; and Louis Potts of this city. Twenty-five grandchildren are living.
Two brothers, Sherman Potts of this city and Anderson Potts of St. Francisville, IN (sic); also survive.
Services will be at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Gill's Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call at Gill's after noon.
Monday, 24 Dec 1945, p1: LAST RITES FOR U. GRANT POTTS
Funeral services for U. Grant Potts were held at Sunday afternoon at Gill's Funeral Chapel with burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Harold Gilley, Walter, Emmett Mahoney, Wilkes Ragsdale, John Kehoe, and Melvin Potts.
Contributed by: Sandra Hedrick Allen