Obituary – Sedalia Democrat, 6 January 1963 Granville E. Potter Granville E. Potter, 92, 702 South Kentucky, died at the Bothwell Hospital at 9:25 a.m. Saturday after a two-week illness. He was born in Cooper County, Dec. 2, 1870, son of the late Abraham and Sarah Erwin Potter. He spent his early life on a farm near Clifton City. He was married April 25, 1894, to Miss Fanny Higdon, who preceded him in death in March, 1960. They moved to Sedalia in 1904. He was a stock buyer and farmer most of his life, and a member of the First Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons, Floyd Potter, Otterville; Higdon Potter, Route 5; three sisters, Mrs. A. M. Harlan, 902 West Broadway; Mrs. Frank Griffin, 234 South Quincy; Mrs. T. A. Huffine, 513 West Fifth; a granddaughter; and a great-granddaughter. Preceding him in death were his wife, two brothers, and four sisters. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the McLaughlin Chapel with the Rev. J. R. Wallace officiating. Mrs. C. C. DeLozier will accompany Mrs. Lola Farley, who will sing “Going Down the Valley” and “The Old Rugged Cross.” Pallbearers will be W. B. Hurt, C. A. Higdon, A. J. Harlan, Sam Harlan, James H. Green, and Leonard Griffin. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. The body is at the McLaughlin Funeral Home. Obituary – Sedalia Democrat, 4 March 1960 Mrs. Fannie Potter Mrs. Fannie Potter, wife of Granville E. Potter, 702 South Kentucky, died at the Bothwell Hospital at 4 a.m. Friday. Mrs. Potter was born near Clifton City, the daughter of the late Jesse and America Siller Higdon and grew up in that community. On April 25, 1894, she was married to Granville Potter. After residing on a farm until 1904, they moved to Sedalia. Mrs. Potter was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband of the family home; two sons, Higdon Potter, Sedalia, Route 5, and Floyd Potter of Otterville; Higdon Potter, Route 5; one granddaughter, Mrs. Valta Sue Johnson, 2201 South Ohio; one great-granddaughter; and a sister, Mrs. Hettie Smiley, of Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada. Three brothers and four sisters preceded her in death. The body is at the McLaughlin Funeral Home, where funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. J. R. Wallace, pastor of the First Baptist Church, at 2 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Bill Scroggin Reply to: itcscrog@aol.com Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.