Ray County, Missouri Obituaries - Eliza Potter ELIZA POTTER Mrs. Eliza Potter, 88, lifelong resident of Orrick, died at 5:30 o'clock this morning Nov. 29, 1971, at the Smithville community hospital following an illness of several years. She had been at the Smithville Convalescent Center for sometime. She was born Oct. 22, 1883, in Orrick, a daughter of John Madison and Millie (Tucker) Pigg. She was a member of the Orrick United Methodist church and Order Eastern Star No. 8, Orrick. For a number of years she and her husband operated the telephone exhange in Orrick. Mrs. Potter also was a cook at the Orrick Public schools for a number of years and owned and operated a boarding and rooming house. She was married to Henry Potter who died in 1929. A son, Frank, and two daughters, Margaret and Minerva, also preceded her in death. Survivors include a grandson, Henry Potter Elliott of Missoula, Mont., a brother, Wiley Pigg of Lexington; John, Boyd and Robert Pigg, nephews, and Mrs. John D. (Ruth) Scott and Mrs. Tillman (Frances) Hicks, nieces, all of Orrick. Friends may call at the Gowing funeral home in Orrick after 7 o'clock Tuesday night. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Orrick United Methodist church. Burial will be in South Point cemetery near Orrick. Another obituary of Eliza (Pigg) Potter: Eliza Potter Mrs. Eliza Potter, of Orrick, died Monday at Smithville Community Hospital. She was 88. Mrs. Potter had been residing at the Smithville Convelescent Center for the last 2 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Potter of Orrick who died in 1929. Mrs. Potter was a 50 year member of the Orrick Order of the Eastern Star and a member of the Orrick United Methodist Church. Surviving Mrs. Potter are Wiley Pigg, brother, of Lexington; Henry Potter Eliot, grandson, of Missoula, Mont.; Mrs. John D. Scott, niece; John Pigg, nephew; Boyd Pigg, nephew; and Robert Pigg, nephew. Services will be held 1:30 Wednesday at the Orrick United Methodist Church. Burial at Southpoint cemetery. Family will received friends after 7 p.m. at the Gowing Funeral Home, Orrick. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ron Scott USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------