John Davis Potter
and JoAnn Simerly
John Davis Potter
b 9 Jan 1872 d 13 Aug 1911 s/o
Allsop Potter and
Margaret Jane Whitehead. John Davis Potter m. 21 Jul 1892 Blount Co TN to
JoAnn Simerly. (John Davis Potter was imprisoned once for murder. Very
little information is available for this event). (Source).
Children of John Davis Potter and JoAnn Simerly;
I. Jessie
Elizabeth Potter Simerly b 16 May 1883 d 16 Dec 1969 buried Old Piney Blount
Co TN m. 6 Sept 1902 by E L Wilkerson, JP, to Charlie Lorenzo Everett b 12
May 1878 d 7 Aug 1905 buried Old Piney Grove, Blount Co TN. Children of
Jessie Elizabeth Potter Simerly and Charlie Lorenzo Everett;
i. Hobart Everett b 25 Dec 1901 d
9 Jan 1902 buried Old Piney Grove, Blount Co TN
ii. Hubert Everett b 25 Dec 1901 d
9 Jan 1902 buried Old Piney Grove, Blount Co TN
iii. Winnie Everett
iv. John Thomas "Tommy" Everett b
22 Feb 1903 d 3 Mar 1988 buried Forest Hill, Blount Co TN m. Gladys
Burchfield b 20 May 1898 d 4 Aug 1982 buried Forest Hill, Blount Co TN.
v. Calin "Ira" Everett
Jessie Elizabeth
Potter Simerly m. 1 May 1910 by J M Willocks JP to William "Will" Thompson b
11 Nov 1874 d 6 Jan 1905 buried Old Piney Grove, Blount Co TN. Children of
Jessie Elizabeth Potter Simerly and William "Will" Thompson;
i. Henry Thompson b 1920 m.
Dorothy Walker. Children; 1. Kathleen Thompson 2. Helen Thompson 3. Doris
Thompson m. William Brian Poplin
II. Henry
Montgomery Simerly (aka Henry Simerly Grindstaff b 20 Jan 1927) b 18 Jul
1885 d 12 Aug 1975 buried Liberty Christian, Blount Co TN m. 2 Aug 1925
Carter Co TN to Savannah Frances Whitehead b 25 May 1896 d 20 Sept 1987
buried Liberty Christian, Blount Co TN. Children of Henry Montgomery Simerly
and Savannah Frances Whitehead;
i. Lela Mae Simerly m. 25 Mar 1946
to Floyd Eugene Hawn b 28 Mar 1917 d 28 Nov 2000 Blount Co TN, Laurel Grove Cemetery, Sevier Co., TN, military; US Army
WWII. Children of Lela Mae Simerly and Floyd Eugene Hawn; 1. Henry Hawn m.
Pauline Codgill; children; i. Debbie Hawn ii. Randall Hawn 2. Linda Jean
Hawn m. Ellis Gene "Ed" Sparks; children; i. Randall "Randy" Sparks m. Addie
Unknown; children I. Brandon Sparks II. Dylan Sparks ii. Mark O'Brien Sparks
m. Nancy Potter; children; I. Corey Sparks II. Tabitha Renae Sparks 3.
Martha Savannah Hawn m. Charles Coleman Sparks; children; i. Kelly Lynn
Sparks ii. Crystal Michelle Sparks iii. Trevis Dean Sparks 4. Dallas Blaine
Hawn m. Peggy Sexton; children; i. Bonnie Hawn ii. Linda Hawn iii. Tina Hawn
iv. Cindy Hawn 5. David Brian Hawn m. Glenda Shinlever; children; i. Alan
Shinlever ii. Brian Hawn
ii. Della Mae
Simerly b 29 May 1926 d 28 Sept 1926 buried Liberty Christian Cemetery,
Blount TN
iii. Wilma Blanche
Simerly m. Samuel D "Sam" Payne Jr; Children; 1. Janis Loraine Payne 2.
Gereal Dean Payne 3. Christine Payne
III. James Harrison Potter b 20 Apr 1888 d 15
Dec 1936 buried Six Mile Cemetery, Blount Co TN (listed as Henry Harrison
Potter - is said to be the son of James Nicholas Grindstaff that married
Mary Jane White and Cordie McCampbell Webb); (Source)
m. 2 Jul 1910 by L A Jenkins, JP to Ida Frances Gibson b 14 Oct 1899 d 6 Nov
1980 buried Six Mile Cemetery, Blount Co TN. Children of James Harrison
Potter and Ida Frances Gibson;
i. Clynes L Potter
b 29 Feb 1912 d 20 Mar 1955 buried Six Mile Cemetery Blount Co TN
ii. Edith Potter b
22 May 1917 d 15 Nov 1918 buried Six Mile Cemetery, Blount Co TN
iii. Dewey Wayne
Potter b 3 Feb 1920 d 13 Jan 1977 buried Six Mile Cemetery, Blount Co TN
