EDWARD POTTS
ADA-Services for Edward Francis Potts, 88, Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church, Rev. Scott Miller will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The Ft. Sill Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. The family will receive family and friends from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Potts died Thursday, April 28, 2011 at an Ada hospital. He was born July 30, 1922 at Ashdown, Arkansas to William Warren and Ida Katherine Davis Potts. He graduated from East Central University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education.
He married Nayoma Webb on December 10, 1942 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She preceded him in death on November 25, 1998. Mr. Potts was a school teacher, coach and administrator for several school systems and retired from the Savanna School Public System. He was later a Greeter at Wal-Mart. Mr. Potts had served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Survivors include a son, Jim Potts and his wife Beth, Springdale, AR; three daughters, Tisha Todd and her husband Harold, Ada, Billie Hendrix, Ada, and Angie Smeltz and her husband Jason, Ada; 13 grandchildren; 22 ½ great grandchildren; and other loving relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, James Potts; and a sister, Helen Walsh.
Bearers will be Jason Smeltz, Harold Todd, Darrell Potts, Matt Potts, Rob Potts, Tommy Keefer, Michael Bess and Billy Webb. Honorary bearers will be Rob Johnson, John Ritchie, Joey Thompson, Keith Potter, Garvin Glover, Brett Maloy, Pierre Watteau, Albert Hurley and Jim Carr.
In lieu of flowers, the family says those who wish may make memorials to an organization such as Wounded Warriors, the VFW or a military group of your choice.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada