James Henry Babe Potter and Polly Jane Potter

James Henry "Babe" Potter
and Polly Jane Potter

James Henry "Babe" Potter b 15 Mar 1858 d 27 Feb 1934, s/o George Washington Potter and Mary Jane "Polly" Belcher. James Henry "Babe" Potter m. Polly Jane Potter b 25 Sept 1854 d 31 Jul 1936, d/o Henry Potter and Cynthia Mullins. (Source). Children of Polly Jane Potter and James Henry "Babe" Potter;

1. Pearl Potter m. Male Salyers

2. Lottie Potter m. Elihu Tackett. Children;

I. Mary Tackett

II. Kermit Tackett

III. Donald Tackett

IV. Dorothy Tackett b 11 May 1926 Pike Co KY d 10 Aug 2008 Mountain View Health Care Center, Elkhorn City, KY; buried Wilson Cemetery, Draffin, KY; m. (1) to Ray Rose; Children of Dorothy Tackett and Ray Rose;

i. Dallas Rose

ii. Wilson Rose

iii. Michael Rose

iv. Gregory Rose

v. Donald Rose

vi. Reida Rose m. Male Shouse

vii. Anita Rose m. Male Cantrell

Dorothy Tackett m. (2) to Earlist Mullins.

Obituary - Dorothy Tackett Rose Mullins, 82, of Shelby Gap, KY, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, at Mountain View Health Care Center, Elkhorn City, KY. She was born in Pike County, KY, May 11, 1926, a daughter of the late Elihu and Lottie Potter Tackett. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ray Rose; her second husband, Earlist Mullins; and one son, Dallas Rose. She is survived by four sons, Wilson Rose and Michael Rose, both of Ellicott City, Md., Gregory Rose of Mt. Sterling, KY, Donald Rose of Pounding Mill, Va.; two daughters, Reida Shouse of Elkhorn City, KY and Anita Cantrell of Shelby Gap, KY; one sister, Bonnie Beighel of Stanton, KY; 17 grandchildren, and two great - grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel with Dolph Kelly and Jim Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Wilson Cemetery, Draffin, KY. Arrangements are under direction of Bailey Funeral Home of Elkhorn City, KY.

V. Bonnie Tackett m. Male Beighel

3. George Potter b 1889 m. 13 Nov 1912 Floyd Co KY, witnessed by Caleb Johnson and Gurley Hatcher to Bertha Spradlin b 1893 d/o Peter Spradlin and Emily Unknown.

4. Mary Potter b 8 Apr 1893 d 25 Jul 1968 m. George Washington Ramey Jr b 7 May 1895 d 27 Apr 1959 buried Ramey Cemetery, Little Beaver Creek, Pike Co KY; occupation, miner, farmer and saw mill operator on Little Beaver Creek; s/o George Washington Ramey and Elizabeth Looney. Child of Mary Potter and George Washington Ramey Jr;

I. Ample Ramey

5. Mose Potter b 26 Aug 1883 Pike Co KY d 19 May 1961; occupation, coal mine owner by the Stateline Tunnel Domas, VA; m. 1905 to Cora Hamilton b 6 Mar 1887 Pike Co KY d 14 Feb 1919 d/o Ernie Hamilton and Mary Jane Hunt. Children of Mose Potter and Cora Hamilton;

I. Kelsey Potter b 1906

II. Edna Potter b 9 Apr 1911 Pike Co KY m. 4 May 1927 Elkhorn City, KY to James Otto Ramey b 8 Aug 1906 Pike Co KY d 22 Apr 1985 s/o Henry Wilson Ramey and Melvina May. Children of Edna Potter and James Otto Ramey;

i. James Allen Ramey b 1928

ii. Leona Ramey

iii. Anna Rae Ramey b 1932

iv. Delores Ramey b 1935

v. Billy Brian Ramey b 1937

vi. Virginia Sue Ramey b 1941

vii. Joseph Turner Ramey b 1944

viii. Sherman Ramey b 1947

ix. Sadie Lea Ramey b 1950

x. Vada Carol b 1953

III. Ale Potter b 1913 d 1914

IV. Ranse Potter b 1915 KY m. Jerrene Harmon. Child;