Victor "Vick" Potter 1922 - 2007

Myrtle (Strange) Potter Vick Potter 50th Wedding Anniversary

L-R Back: Vickie "Sissy", Betsy, Patricia Ann, Paul, Patsy and Myrtle (Strange) Potter. Seated: Vick Potter

Victor "Vick" Potter (same as Vick Potter) b 27 Apr 1922, d 25 Nov 2007, Neon, Letcher Co KY, buried Vick Potter Family Cemetery, Jackhorn, Letcher Co KY, s/o Clabe Potter and 1st Braskie Hall, m. 13 Oct 1941 Jackhorn, Letcher Co KY to Myrtle Strange b 27 Feb 1920, d/o Robert Lee "Bob" Strange and Winnie "Winn" Mullins.   See Vick's Memorial  *  Vick's Obituary  *  Visit Family Photo Gallery  Myrtle Strange Potter Celebrates 90th. Children of Victor "Vick" Potter and Myrtle Strange;

1. Braskie Louise Potter b 28 May 1942 d 4 Aug 1984, m. 12 May 1961 to Larry Newman, the son of George C Newman and Audrey Jenkins.

2. Vickie Potter b 31 Jul 1943

3. Betsy Potter (twin to Patsy) b 28 Jun 1948 married 7 April 1965 to William Eugene French, (divorced) the son of Bill French and Alma Balthis.  Betsy Potter m. 2nd to Charles Krause b Jun 1943.

4. Patsy Potter (twin to Betsy) b 28 Jun 1948 married 30 November 1964 to Harold Edward Balthis, the son of Edgar Allen Balthis and Julia Belcher. Divorced.  Patsy Potter m. 2nd to Bill Watts.

5. Paul Douglas Potter b 23 Jul 1946 m. Bernice Reynolds b 9 Jun 1940; d/o Virgil Sheldon Reynolds and Lona Adams. Bernice Reynolds m. 3 Jan 1961 Pound, Wise Co VA to Lawrence Neal "Larry" Vanover b ? d 24 Oct 1972.

6. Patricia Ann Potter b 13 Jul 1954 m Larry Medlock b 3 Jan 1948.

L-R: Hunter Allen Christopher Balthis, Patsy Potter and Bill Watts	L-R; Louise, Myrtle (Strange), and Vickie Potter	Harold Lee Fleming and Louise Potter Newman
Patsy Potter Watts and Grandson, Hunter Allen Christopher	Victor Allen Balthis, Hunter Allen Christopher Balthis and Stephanie Balthis	Click on the picture to see names of Clabe Potter Family.
L-R - Patsy, Paul, Betsy, Patricia Ann and Vickie Potter

From the Mountain Eagle Online:
BIRTHDAY — Myrtle Potter of Jackhorn, (Letcher Co KY) will celebrate her 90th birthday Feb. 27, 2010. She is the widow of Victor Potter, and the mother of eight children, Vickie Potter and Paul Potter, both of Jackhorn; Betsy Krause of Illinois, Patsy Watts of Bean Station, Tenn.; Patricia Medlock, of Ozark, Ark.; and the late Louise Newman. She has 12 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild.

Thanks to Hazel Potter Thompson for photos, updates and information for this family.