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Alonzo “Lonnie” Potts

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Alonzo “Lonnie” Potts

Birth
Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, USA
Death
8 Jan 1955 (aged 70)
Bragg City, Pemiscot County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Malden, Dunklin County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services were held at the Pentecostal Holiness church in Hayti Monday afternoon for Lonnie Potts, 70, who died at his home near Bragg City on Saturday, January 8, with the Rev. A.H. Downs of Mayfield, Ky., Rev. J.B. White officiating. Burial was in the Malden cemetery, with H.S. Smith Funeral Home service.
Mr. Potts was born at Sikeston on January 2, 1885 and attended the New Madrid county schools. He worked for the Cotton Belt railroad for several years and for 29 years worked for the Federal Compress company retiring about three years ago because of ill health.
On June 18, 1944, at Hayti, he was married to Mrs. Annie Milan, who survive. He also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Opal Harris of Glendale, Calif.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Ruby Yount of St. Louis; a step-son, Willard Pierson of Irving, Texas; four brothers and two sisters; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, January 14, 1955

WIFE: Annie Richie Potts

BROTHER: George Washington Potts (1893-1926) Park Cemetery, Dunklin Co., Mo.
Funeral services were held at the Pentecostal Holiness church in Hayti Monday afternoon for Lonnie Potts, 70, who died at his home near Bragg City on Saturday, January 8, with the Rev. A.H. Downs of Mayfield, Ky., Rev. J.B. White officiating. Burial was in the Malden cemetery, with H.S. Smith Funeral Home service.
Mr. Potts was born at Sikeston on January 2, 1885 and attended the New Madrid county schools. He worked for the Cotton Belt railroad for several years and for 29 years worked for the Federal Compress company retiring about three years ago because of ill health.
On June 18, 1944, at Hayti, he was married to Mrs. Annie Milan, who survive. He also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Opal Harris of Glendale, Calif.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Ruby Yount of St. Louis; a step-son, Willard Pierson of Irving, Texas; four brothers and two sisters; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, January 14, 1955

WIFE: Annie Richie Potts

BROTHER: George Washington Potts (1893-1926) Park Cemetery, Dunklin Co., Mo.


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  • Added: Nov 20, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61903035/alonzo-potts: accessed ), memorial page for Alonzo “Lonnie” Potts (2 Jan 1885–8 Jan 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61903035, citing Park Cemetery, Malden, Dunklin County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by wanda (contributor 47041557).