Mary Jean Edgemon Potts was born August 19, 1927 to William Calvin Edgemon and Olive Elizabeth Pittman Edgemon in Venice, Florida. She left this world for Heaven August 27, 2016 after a brief illness in Houston, Texas. She will be remembered for her love, her kindness, her wit, her sense of style, and her gifted teaching.
She is survived by a daughter, Paula Jean Potts Stockton, wife of Douglas Stockton of Longview, Texas, and by a son, Dr. James B. Potts, III, husband of Roxanne Marlowe Potts, of Jackson, Mississippi, as well as two granddaughters, Ashley Michelle Bain Montgomery and her husband, Matthew Montgomery, of Waco, Texas; and Jean Nicole Bain Dincans and her husband, Kyle, of Hockley, Texas. She is also survived by four great-grandchildren, Landry Bowers, Cooper Bowers, McKinley Jean Dincans, and Kenedy Montgomery.
After graduation from Coffee High School in Florence, Alabama, she attended Auburn University, where she pledged Kappa Delta Sorority. After completing her Bachelor of Education degree at Florence State Teachers College, she taught in Jasper, Alabama; Yakima, Washington; and Oxford, Mississippi. An extraordinary teacher who enriched many lives, she later completed a Master''s of Education degree at the University of Mississippi and taught elementary and middle school at Ouachita Christian School in Monroe, Louisiana.
She retired to Longview, Texas in 1993 to be near Paula and family. For several years after moving, she worked at Piney Woods Gymnastics Center in Longview. She was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ.
The family wishes to thank the Elkins Funeral Home staff in Florence for their assistance and support during this difficult time. A service will be conducted by Brian Giselbach of the Wood Avenue Church of Christ on Saturday, September 17th at 2:00 at the Florence Cemetery. For further information: (256) 764-0221 or elkinsfuneralhome.com.