Florence - Gertrude Threatt Potts, 105, died Saturday, June 22, 2013 in a local nursing home after an illness. Graveside funeral services will be 2:00 PM Tuesday, June 25, 2013 in Unity Cemetery in Fort Mill, SC directed by Waters-Powell Funeral Home.
Mrs. Potts, wife of the late William Potts, was born in Pageland, SC a daughter of the late Oscar Alexander and Lucy Mahaffey Threatt. She was a graduate of Wingate Junior College and Winthrop College and went on to teach public school in Lancaster, Chesterfield, and York Counties. She was a member of St. John's Methodist Church in Fort Mill.
Surviving are three daughters, Lucy Fugate and Cherry (Tom) Ford both of Florence and Ann (Randy) Todd of Easley; five grandchildren, one great grandchildren, and one sister, Julie Lyman of Blythewood.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Potts was preceded in death by a son, William Robert Potts.
(Morning News - Sunday, June 23, 2013)
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Married in quiet ceremony on April 11, 1943 at St. John's Methodist Church, Fort Mill, by Rev. G.W. Burke. Witnesses were Miss Rosa Potts and Miss Marion Burke.
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Sponsored a scholarship fund in honor of Estelle Armstrong Stewart at Wingate College. Estelle was a woman who grew up in Chesterfield County, SC and was a teacher in Pageland. I believe from family stories that she helped Gertrude in early life.
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Florence - Gertrude Threatt Potts, 105, died Saturday, June 22, 2013 in a local nursing home after an illness. Graveside funeral services will be 2:00 PM Tuesday, June 25, 2013 in Unity Cemetery in Fort Mill, SC directed by Waters-Powell Funeral Home.
Mrs. Potts, wife of the late William Potts, was born in Pageland, SC a daughter of the late Oscar Alexander and Lucy Mahaffey Threatt. She was a graduate of Wingate Junior College and Winthrop College and went on to teach public school in Lancaster, Chesterfield, and York Counties. She was a member of St. John's Methodist Church in Fort Mill.
Surviving are three daughters, Lucy Fugate and Cherry (Tom) Ford both of Florence and Ann (Randy) Todd of Easley; five grandchildren, one great grandchildren, and one sister, Julie Lyman of Blythewood.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Potts was preceded in death by a son, William Robert Potts.
(Morning News - Sunday, June 23, 2013)
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Married in quiet ceremony on April 11, 1943 at St. John's Methodist Church, Fort Mill, by Rev. G.W. Burke. Witnesses were Miss Rosa Potts and Miss Marion Burke.
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Sponsored a scholarship fund in honor of Estelle Armstrong Stewart at Wingate College. Estelle was a woman who grew up in Chesterfield County, SC and was a teacher in Pageland. I believe from family stories that she helped Gertrude in early life.
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Family Members
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Margaret Elizabeth "Bess" Threatt Hoffman
1904–2005
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Orval Tyrus Threatt
1910–2003
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PFC Gordon Lee Threatt
1912–1995
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James Woodrow "Wood" Threatt
1915–1981
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Frances Julia "Julie" Threatt Lyman
1917–2017
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Mary Elva Threatt Smith
1920–1999
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Sara Elizabeth Threatt Haynes
1923–2010
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Emily Mahaffey Threatt Kuhn
1925–1995
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