Velma Potts
(July 26, 1922
- June 4, 2011)
Mrs. Velma Potts, 88, of the Dukedom community, died Saturday at Jackson Madison
County General
Hospital in Jackson, Tn.
She was a retired seamstress and owner of Velma's Alteration Shop, a member
of Pleasant View Baptist
Church and had lived in
this area all of her life.
She is survived by a daughter, Wanda (Bill) Trusty of Howell, MI., a son,
Joe (Wanda Jean) Fagan of Dukedom, Tn., three sisters, Margie Hicks of Chicago,
IL., Margrette Cox of Mt. Olive, IL., Doris Callis of Martin, Tn., two
brothers, Ted Potts of Dresden, Tn., Larry Potts of Henry, Tn., five
grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Curly Roosevelt and Byrdie Mae
Pickens Potts, a son, Guy Thomas Fagan, a sister, Thelma Ann Kuchel, five
brothers, Bud Potts, Bill Potts, Bob Potts, Jimmy Potts, Dennis Potts and one
grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel
with interment to follow at Oak Grove Cemetery
in Weakley County, Tn. Friends may call at the
funeral home on Monday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. or Tuesday from 8 a.m. until the
funeral hour.
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