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Submitted: 6/10/20 • Approved: 6/12/20 • Last Updated: 6/15/20 • R324011-G0-S3
Texas
PRIVATE Headquarters Company 359 Infantry
World War I
January 10, 1896 - June 11, 1956
Thomas Lester Potter, seventh of eleven children of Watts Potter and Ellen Beers, was born on January 10, 1894 at the family homestead on Potter Lane near Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas. "Tom" served in World War I. His sons served in World War II. Tom Potter and Nannie Meredith were the parents of three children. He worked at the Ferris Brick Company near his home, before moving to Gainesville to work at the Temple Cash Grocery Store. Tom died of a heart attack on June 12, 1956 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas and was buried in Rest Haven Memorial Park.
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