POTTS, Doris Loughridge

Doris Charlene Loughridge Potts was born August 28, 1919 and passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022 and entered heaven as promised in her faith by Jesus Christ.

She was born to Ben and Maggie Loughridge on a ridge farm in South Walker County and moved to Lafayette as a teenager. She married farmer Robert H. Potts of Rock Spring on August 9, 1941 after vowing to never marry a farmer. She was a former Walker County school teacher, real estate broker, homemaker, master bookkeeper and clerk at hundreds of Potts Brothers auctions. Doris was a very active and longtime member of Peavine Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 plus years, Robert H. Potts, and infant daughter, Barbara Anne Potts.

She is survived by her sons Ben Potts (Angela) and Bruce Potts (Tess), her grandchildren Leslie Potts Kiewert (Mike), Luke Potts (Tina) and Ellie Potts and her great grandchildren Avery Kiewert, Logan Potts, Quinn Kiewert and Chase Kiewert.

The funeral service will be held at Peavine Baptist Church Saturday, December 31, at 2 p.m. with visitation prior to the service from 11 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Interment at Peavine Baptist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers are Luke Potts, Logan Potts, Mike Kiewert, Chase Kiewert, Steven Thomas, and Ronnie Haslerig.

Arrangements Wallis-wilbanks

Home, Lafayette. are by Funeral

SMILE BECAUSE HE LIVED

You can shed tears that he is gone, or you can smile because he lived. You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back, or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him, or you can be full of the love that you shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember him and only that he is gone, or you can cherish his memory and let it live on. You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn back, or you can do what he would want: Smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

— Author Unknown