Obituary - Sedalia Democrat, 27 March 1960 Robert A. Potter Robert A. Potter, 87, 1016 East Ninth Street, died at 10 a.m. Saturday. He had been in failing health for the past two years but had not been bedfast. Mr. Potter was born in Pettis County, April 23, 1872, the son of the late Thomas P. and Lucy Matilda Wear Potter. He lived all of his life in Pettis County and Sedalia, coming to Sedalia to reside 58 years ago. Most of his life he had worked as a photographer. Mr. Potter was one of a family of three children. He was preceded in death by one sister, Mrs. Mary P. Thomas. Mr. Potter was married at Boonville, Feb. 25, 1912, to Miss Anna E. Miller. They were the parents of two children. Mr. Potter was a member of the East Sedalia Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Potter; one son, Richard Potter, Sedalia; one daughter, Mrs. J. C. Dillard, Three Rivers, Mich.; one granddaughter, Linda D. Dillard, also of Three Rivers; one brother, James M. Potter, Ft. Worth, Tex. Funeral services will be held at the Ewing Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Complete funeral arrangements have not been made, pending the arrival of Mr. Potter's daughter, Mrs. Dillard, from Michigan. The body is at the Ewing Funeral Home. Obituary - Sedalia Democrat, 28 March 1960 Robert A. Potter Funeral services for Robert A. Potter, 87, 1016 East Ninth, who died Saturday morning, will be held at the Ewing Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Kenneth Davidson, pastor of the East Sedalia Baptist Church, will officiate. Pallbearers will be A. J. Harlan, Ira L. Bronson, Norvel Brunkhorst, Martin LaFever, J. R. Thomas, and O. W. Moon. Burial will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery. The body is at the Ewing Funeral Home. -- Bill Scroggin Reply to: [email protected]