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Elva Erma <I>Jenkins</I> Potter

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Elva Erma Jenkins Potter

Birth
China Hill, Richmond County, Virginia, USA
Death
9 Sep 1962 (aged 49)
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Idylwood, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.8810084, Longitude: -77.1997163
Memorial ID
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Elva Erma was one of nine children of Daniel Conrad Jenkins & Miscal Aura Carter Jenkins. She married Thomas Dudley Potter, Sr. on Dec. 24, 1931 in Silver Spring, MD. They had two sons, Thomas Dudley Potter, Jr. and Richard Arthur Potter.

Obituary:

Mrs. Elva Jenkins Potter, 49, of Arlington died Sunday morning in an Arlington hospital after a long illness.
She is survived by her husband, Thomas D. Potter; two sons, Thomas D. Potter, Jr. of Arlington and Arthur Potter of Miami, Fla.; two grandchildren; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Jenkins, Sr. of Kilmarnock; six sisters, Mrs. Doris Sanford of Washington, Mrs. Oleta Havelock of Levittown, Pa.; Mrs. Gleniss Crowther and Mrs. Mavis Haynie, both of Kilmarnock, Mrs. Aura Faye Hicks of Fredericksburg and Mrs. Lila Rose of Foxwells, and one brother, D. C. Jenkins, Jr. of Kilmarnock.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Murphy's Funeral Home, Arlington. Elder Arthur D. Wetmore, former pastor of Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist Church, conducted the services. Burial took place in Arlington.

From the Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, VA.
Elva Erma was one of nine children of Daniel Conrad Jenkins & Miscal Aura Carter Jenkins. She married Thomas Dudley Potter, Sr. on Dec. 24, 1931 in Silver Spring, MD. They had two sons, Thomas Dudley Potter, Jr. and Richard Arthur Potter.

Obituary:

Mrs. Elva Jenkins Potter, 49, of Arlington died Sunday morning in an Arlington hospital after a long illness.
She is survived by her husband, Thomas D. Potter; two sons, Thomas D. Potter, Jr. of Arlington and Arthur Potter of Miami, Fla.; two grandchildren; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Jenkins, Sr. of Kilmarnock; six sisters, Mrs. Doris Sanford of Washington, Mrs. Oleta Havelock of Levittown, Pa.; Mrs. Gleniss Crowther and Mrs. Mavis Haynie, both of Kilmarnock, Mrs. Aura Faye Hicks of Fredericksburg and Mrs. Lila Rose of Foxwells, and one brother, D. C. Jenkins, Jr. of Kilmarnock.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Murphy's Funeral Home, Arlington. Elder Arthur D. Wetmore, former pastor of Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist Church, conducted the services. Burial took place in Arlington.

From the Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, VA.


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  • Created by: GJ Relative Aunt/Uncle
  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35911940/elva_erma-potter: accessed ), memorial page for Elva Erma Jenkins Potter (17 May 1913–9 Sep 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35911940, citing National Memorial Park, Idylwood, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by GJ (contributor 47117269).