Victor "Vick" Potter

Vick was the son of the late Clabe Potter and Braskie Hall Potter. He was born April 27, 1922 in Letcher County Kentucky, where he spent the majority of his life. He was a retired coal miner and a member of the United Mine Workers of America, a United States Army Veteran WWII, and was a member of the Neon Post of the American Legion, Neon, Letcher County, Kentucky. He was also a member of the Hemphill Church of Christ, Hemphill, Letcher County, Kentucky. Vick was preceded in death by his parents, Clabe Potter and Braskie Hall Potter, a daughter, Louise Potter Newman, 2 grandsons, Arvid Vincent "Sam" Newman and Brandon Andrew Newman and 3 brothers, Perry Potter, Roy Potter and Billy Ray "Buddy" Bunch.

Surviving family members include his wife of 66 years, Myrtle Strange Potter, daughter of the late Robert Lee Strange and Winnie Mullins, 4 daughters Vickie Potter of Jackhorn, Letcher County, Kentucky, Betsy and Charles Kraus of Schaumburg, Illinois, Patsy and Bill Watts of Bean Station, Tennessee, Patricia Medlock of Fort Smith, Arkansas, a son and daughter in law, Paul and Bernice Potter of Jackhorn, Letcher County Kentucky, 11 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren,  6 sisters, Opal Potter Fleming of Indiana, Zella "Sis" Barnes of Las Vegas, Nevada, Georgia Fleming of Ohio, Rheba Arnold - Hines Tillman of Michigan, Betty Dunford of Michigan and Hazel Thompson of Clinton Township, Michigan; and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his loss.

Funeral services for Victor Potter took place on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at the Carty Funeral Home Chapel, Neon, Letcher County Kentucky, followed by Interment in the Potter Family Cemetery, Jackhorn, Letcher County Kentucky. Military Rites by Pound Virginia VFW. Funeral arrangements provided by Carty Funeral Home, Fleming-Neon, Kentucky.

Submitted by
Hazel Potter Thompson
25 November, 2007