David Obrien Potter

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David OBrien Potter, 67, passed away peacefully at home on March 17, 2016. He was born on November 16, 1948, in Banner Elk, N.C., son of Stover Potter and Betty Jones Potter. He grew up in the care of his maternal grandparents, David and Minnie Jones, on their mountaintop farm in Roan Mountain, Tenn. There, Dave learned many of the values that guided the rest of his life: the benefit of work, the responsibility of honor, the importance of truth, trust in God, and love for the people around him.
By high school, Dave returned to his nuclear family in Hammond, Ind., and after graduating, attended both Purdue and Vincennes Universities, eventually enlisting in the Army during the Vietnam war where his intelligence and capability saw him recruited to elite units like Special Forces, Special Operations, and the Army Security Agency.
When he came home, Dave went to work as a design engineer for Motorola, where he spent more than twenty years, earning seven patents and helping to design the first microwave oven and the first automotive electronic ignition and fuel injection systems. He married JoAnne in 1978, moved into a house he built himself in Lake Villa, Ill., and their son Bryan was born in 1979. In 1991, Dave and JoAnne bought 40 acres in Richland Center, Wis., and the family moved there in 1998. Dave worked for Nicolet Instruments in Madison until 2009.
Dave did not always take himself seriously, but he always took living seriously. He believed that what we do on this earth matters, that it is our obligation to the Creator who gave us life to live it with honor and courage according to His law. As son, soldier, husband, father, and man of God, he determined to do this and never faltered.
Dave is survived by his wife, JoAnne, his sisters, Audrey Norris and Jean Potter, his son, Bryan, his stepson, Richard Stoehr (Judi), three step-granddaughters, many Southern cousins, and more friends than any of us can count.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am. Saturday, June 18, at High Point Church, 620 Buck Mountain Road, Roan Mountain, Tenn. Interment will take place in the Potter/Jones family cemetery immediately afterward, followed by a luncheon at the home of his sister, Jean.

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Stover O. Potter, 85, Roan Mountain, slipped peacefully into the arms of our Lord on Friday, October 9, 2009.

He was a son of the late Jack & Laura Belle Jones Potter. He was a member of the Taylors Chapel Church of Christ, Elk Park, he was a former member of the Gulfport, Mississippi Church of Christ and the Griffith Indiana Church of Christ. Mr. Potter was a kind, gentle man, loving husband, father and brother. He served in the Army Air Force, during World War II, and retired after many years of service in the Steel Mills in Indiana. Stover was a decent, honest, hardworking Christian Man who was a friend to all. He loved to laugh, and make people laugh with his wonderful sense of humor. He loved his family first, all people, music, flowers and animals.

Survivors include his sister, Cleo Oaks; his brother, Crawford Potter; and his sister, Destie Caraway; his loving wife Lela Potter. His children: David & Jo Ann Potter, Audrey & John Norris, Jean Potter and his extended family, Bud & Mary Tolliver, Alice Lambert, Jamie Wishham, James & Lesia McNew, Albert & Velvet McNew, Kelly & Michelle England, 18 Grandchildren and 22 Great Grandchildren.

The Visitation will be on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, starting at 1:30 p.m. at Taylors Chapel Church of Christ followed by the Memorial Service at 2:30 p.m. Interment will be at the Jones Cemetery, Roan Mountain.

Stover married Betty Lou Jones on 24 Jul 1948 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Betty was born on 13 Nov 1930; died on 25 Feb 2000 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Jones Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jackson married Laura Bell Jones about 1906 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Laura (daughter of Robert T. Jones and Lealer B. Banner) was born on 17 Oct 1887 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 14 Feb 1952 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Jones Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Information about this family comes from Andy Potter

Ezekiel married Delila F. Messer about 1871. Delila was born on 29 Feb 1852 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 27 Oct 1932 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Isaacs Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Lealer B. Banner about 1886 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Lealer was born on 19 Nov 1867; died on 29 Nov 1939 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Jones Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]