Millie Genevieve (Brooks) Potter, 93, widow of Eugene Samuel Gene Potter of 832 Paul Street, passed away Friday, February 2, 2018 in Augusta Health in Fishersville.
Mrs. Potter was born on October 5, 1924 in Vesuvius, a daughter of the late Ulysses Hewitt Brooks and Ora (Houser) Brooks Humphries.
Millie was a member of Third Presbyterian Church and formerly a member of the New Providence Presbyterian Church. She was a homemaker, she enjoyed sewing, cooking and was known for her homemade bread.
In addition to her parents and her husband of forty-two years, Mrs. Potter was preceded in death by five brothers, Hewitt Brooks, Forest Brooks, Bruce Brooks, Gray Brooks, and Buryle Brooks.
Surviving are five daughters, Maxine E. Douglas of Tomball, Texas, Phyllis P. Simmons and her husband Barry of Staunton, Bonnie P. Bartley and her husband Leon of Deerfield, Betty P. Jackson and her husband Harle of Verona, and Myrtle Lee Potter of Staunton; six grandchildren, Ann Wallace, Kimberley Simmons, Christopher Stokes, Hunter Bartley, Chad Simmons, and Derek Jackson; four great-grandchildren, Devan Bartley, Jesslyn Royster, Ashlee Royster, and Kyle Stokes; two sisters, Bentail Groah and her husband Francis Cotton of Steeles Tavern and Evelyn Sensibaugh of Raphine; and a special niece, Joyce Ralston.
A Memorial service will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Monday, February 5, 2018 in the Staunton Church of the Brethren by Pastor Scott L. Duffey.
The family will receive friends following the service and other times at the home of her daughter, Myrtle Potter, 832 Paul Street, Staunton with whom she made her home.
Burial will be private in the New Providence Church Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be Barry Simmons, Chad Simmons, Joey Simmons, Derek Jackson, Hunter Bartley, and Chris Stokes.
It is suggested those desiring make memorial contributions to the Staunton/Augusta Rescue Squad, Post Office Box 2566, Staunton, Virginia 24402.
Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory, 230 Frontier Drive, Staunton, is in charge of her arrangements.