Gerald Potts the picture was taken at the front door of the Meeker High School. This building was razed.

The Potts family circa 1911.

THE MARION STAR: MONDAY MARCH 10, 1986 Gerald Barton Potts, 78, 2801 Agosta-Meeker Rd, died ab out 3 a.m. Sunday at home. He was born Sept., 29, 1907, in Fulton to Berton and Luvie Mulvain e Potts. On August 29, 1938, he was married to Rowena Sims Potts, who survives. Before retiri ng, Mr. Potts was a service representative for Marion Power Shovel co., Division Dresser Industries Inc., where he was a member of the Twenty-Five-Year Club. He was a life member of Meeker Sportsman's Club and a member of Meeker Methodist Church and Meeker Senior Citizens. Als o surviving are seven sons, Gerald B. Potts Jr., Shelby, Eugene Potts, of Marseilles, Allen L . Potts, Sandy, Utah, Harold L. Potts, Marion, Foy O. Potts and Mark D. Potts, both of Meeker , and Michael R. Potts, Columbus; three daughters, Mrs. Earl (Barbara) Stiving, Mansfield, an d Mrs. William (Stacey) Harris and Mrs. Gary (Cynthia) James, both of Marion; grandchildren a nd great-grandchildren. A sister is deceased. The services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednes day in Stofcheck Funeral Home, LaRue, by the Rev. Don Davis and the deceased's son, Allen Pot ts. Burial will be in Meeker Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tues day. Memorial contributions may be made to Meeker United Methodist Church Building Fund. !Bi rth: Marion County, Ohio Probate Court Records. His birth was recorded at the time of his fa thers death. The birth was certificed to by Lovie Ethel Mulvaine Potts. !Marriages: lst r ecorded Morrow County, Probate Records at Mt Gilead, Ohio. 2nd recorded Marion County, Probat e Records at Marion, Ohio. Their were married by the Rev. LaRue at his home in Montgomery Town ship, Marion County, Ohio. !Deaths: Marion Star Death Notice March 10, 1986 and Death Certificate State of Ohio Department of Vital Statistics, Columbus, Ohio !General: Record s kept by Allen L. Potts, Murray, Utah}