Guy W. Potts

POTTS, Guy W., age 89 of Karns, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2011. He was a member of Bible Way Baptist Church. He was a member of Plumbers and Steamfitters, #102 for 62 years. He served in the US Navy during World War II, also serving with the CC Camps under President Roosevelt. He was a Master Mason, with Beaver Ridge Lodge, raised as a 32nd degree Scottish Rites in the Knoxville Temple, and also a Kerbela Shriner. He worked in the nuclear industry at TVA and Oak Ridge X10, K-25, Y-12 plants and also at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Survived by wife of 70 years, Marjorie Potts; children and spouses, Gloria and John Saxon, Judy and Mike Hayes, Lisa and David Kuykendall, Amber Potts, Todd and Deb Potts; grandsons, Lance, Tommy, Shane, Aaron and Jordan; and sister, Martha Raymer. A Masonic Service will be held on Friday, July 29, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. at Sherwood Chapel, followed by a full Military Honors internment in Sherwood Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 10:30 a.m. to ll:30 a.m., prior to the service. Memorial donations in Guy's name may be made to the Shriner Hospital for Children, 1900 Richmond Road, Lexington, KY., 40502. Special thanks to the staff at Mercy Hospital West and to Parkwest Hospital Emergency. Sherwood Chapel & Memorial Gardens is honored to help the Potts family. Condolences may be offered at www.sherwoodchapel.net