Obituary - Sedalia Democrat, 13 August 1945 Norman P. Potter Norman Phillip Potter, 40 years old, died early Sunday morning at his home on Route 1, Beaman, where he moved last September from Kansas City. Mr. Potter was born in Sedalia on July 14, 1905. He was employed for twenty-three years as a boilermaker on the Frisco railroad in Kansas City. Surviving are his wife; his father, Grant Potter; his stepmother; two brothers, Clarence Potter of Beaman and George Potter of Detroit, Mich.; four sisters, Mrs. Julia Kell, Peoria, Ill., Mrs. Mabel Stuart, Sedalia, Mrs. May Dugan, Sedalia, Mrs. Fidelia Smith, Sedalia; and the following half-brothers and sisters, Dean Potter, Sedalia, Mrs. Alfred Masterson, Independence, Mrs. Troy Rimel, Sedalia, Mrs. A. H. Sprecher, California, and Gordon Potter of Sedalia. Funeral services will be held at the Gillespie Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Paul Clark of Nevada, Mo., pastor of the Olive Branch Church, to officiate. Pallbearers will be Leonard Fall, Riley Lee, Clurry Thomas, Walton Berry, Cloyd Leftwich, and McKinley Thomas. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Obituary - Sedalia Democrat, 24 January 1940 Joseph Austin Potter Joseph Austin Potter, 81 years old, retired farmer, passed away at his home, 2115 East Broadway about 7:30 o'clock this morning. Mr. Potter was born at Clifton City April 13, 1858, the son of the late William and Hannah Potter. In 1878 he was united with the Lamine Baptist Church and was a faithful member of the church. November 14, 1888, he was married to Miss Sallie R. DeWitt, who with the following children survive: Charles S. Potter of Green Ridge, Mrs. W. M. Wells, 1307 East Broadway, G. D. Potter, 2115 East Broadway, and Mrs. Lloyd Brown of Green Ridge. Also surviving are nine grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and three brothers, W. R. Potter of Windsor, Reverend Thomas Potter and Dr. L. J. Potter of St. Louis. Five children preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at the Gillespie Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon with the Rev. Walter F. Arnold, pastor of the East Sedalia Baptist Church, officiating. The pallbearers will be six nephews: Clarence Bales, Orson Potter, Ben Potter, Roy Potter, Grant Potter, and John Potter. Interment will be in the Green Ridge Cemetery. The body will be taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. M. Wells, 1307 East Broadway on Thursday morning and it will remain there until time for the funeral. Obituary - Sedalia Democrat, 28 March 1952 Mrs. Sallie R. Potter Mrs. Sallie Potter, 84, died at 11 p.m. Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Brown, Green Ridge. Mrs. Potter was born July 14, 1867 near Beaman, the daughter of the late Thomas P. and Rhoda Jennings DeWitt. On Nov. 14, 1888, she was married to Joseph Potter. In her girlhood, she united with the Lamine Baptist Church. Mrs. Potter was the mother of nine children, four of them surviving as follows: Charles S. and Dewey E. Potter, Kansas City, Mrs. Willie Wells, route 3, Sedalia, and Mrs. Lloyd Brown, Green Ridge. Two of eleven grandchildren, Sgt. Donald E. Wells and Cpl. Everett Leroy Brown, are in the U. S. Marines. Funeral services will be at the Green Ridge Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday, with the Rev. R. I. Clemens, pastor, to officiate. Music will be by Amelia Hagar and Polly Herbner. Pallbearers will be Price Ruffin, Peter Billings, Loy Smith, W. Whitall, Alton Iman, and F. L. Calvert. Burial will be in Green Ridge Cemetery. The body was taken to the Parker Funeral Home at LaMonte and will be returned to the home of Mrs. Brown in Green Ridge at 5 p.m. Friday.