JESS HENDRICKSON POTTS

Jess Potts dies Saturday

Jess Hendrickson Potts, 86, Malad, died early Saturday, August 29, [1981] in the Oneida County Hospital after a long illness.

Born Oct. 3, 1894, in Colony, Kan.[Kansas], he was a son of Jacob and Nancy Agnew Potts. He grew up and was educated in Oklahoma.

He was married to Thelma Glee Jones Jan. 24, 1916, in Bartlesville, Okla.[Oklahoma] She died April 2, 1978.

Mr. Potts was a member of the Masonic Lodge and American Legion. A veteran of World War I, he served in the U. S. Navy.

He is survived by three sons and one daughter: Jeff F. Potts, Drumright, Okla.[Oklahoma]; Robert P. Potts, Malad; Jackie H. Potts, Concord, Calif.[California], and Mary Ellen Harrington, Scottsdale, Ariz.[Arizona]; 12 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. He was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister.

Graveside services were held Wednesday in Madison, Kan.[Kansas]