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Subject: [MOCOOPER] Mollie Sheffer Potter obituary - 11 December 1961
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:41:27 EDT

Obituary - Boonville (Missouri) Daily News, 11 December 1961

Rites Held Sunday For Mollie Potter

Mrs. Mollie Potter, one of the oldest residents in mid-Missouri, died Friday
morning at the age of 106 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Cox, of
Route 1, Smithton.
She was born Nov. 23, 1855 on a farm northwest of Clifton City, the daughter
of the late John and Nancy Sheffer. She lived all her life in that community.
Married to John Potter, who preceded her in death in 1920, she had celebrated
her birthdays since she was 98 years old as a community affair inviting
friends and relatives in for basket dinners and sometimes having them at the
Providence Baptist Church, near Clifton City. Quite often musical numbers were
presented and a message by the minister was give. The last two years she
celebrated quietly with just he immediate family.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Daisy Higdon of Sedalia and Mrs. Grace
Cox of the home; two sons, Ben Potter of Sedalia and Lewis Potter of Clifton
City; ten grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren, and 10
great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Gillespie Funeral Home in
Sedalia. Burial was in the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery.

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