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Official Obituary of

Gladys Capps Potter

June 10, 1936 ~ December 11, 2015 (age 79) 79 Years Old

Gladys Potter Obituary

FLORENCE Gladys Capps Polk Potter passed away on December 11, 2015. She was 79 years old. Gladys was born and raised in Florence, a daughter of William Stafford and Annie Weaver Capps. She was a wonderful woman who loved deeply her family and friends and was loved by everyone who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Virginia Capps Johnson and Mary Ann Capps; and her first husband, Michael Farmer Polk.

Surviving are her husband, Donald W. Potter; daughter, Angela L. Polk; a son, Michael S. Polk; two granddaughters, Jordan Polk and Michaela Polk; two great-grandchildren; three special nieces, Sheila J. McHugh, Tamra J. Nichols, and Allison J. Rhodes; a special step-nephew, James H. Potter; and many grand- and great-grandnieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 13, 2015, at Waters-Powell Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to Calvary Baptist Church, 915 Cherokee Rd., Florence, SC 29501 or to McLeod Hospice House, c/o McLeod Foundation, P. O. Box 100551, Florence, SC 29502-0551.

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The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, December 12, 2015, at the funeral home.

SERVICES

Memorial Service

Sunday, December 13, 2015
2:00 PM

Waters-Powell Funeral Home
400 S Dargan Street
Florence, South Carolina 29506

The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, December 12, 2015, at the funeral home.


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