Dennis Keith Potter

Graveside services for Dennis Keith Potter, 79, of Wayside will be at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Leland-Stoneville Cemetery.  He died Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Jackson.  Arrangements are under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Greenville. Mr. Potter was born at James Crossing and graduated from Riverside High School.  He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and then married Jerry Dean Reed in 1954.  After his discharge they made their home in Wayside where he was engaged in farming retiring in 2002.  Mr. Potter was a member of Avon United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his son, Dennis Potter, Jr. Mr. Potter is survived by his wife of 58 years, Jerry Dean Potter; son, Mike Potter and wife Kerry; daughter, Charlotte Blaylock and husband Gary; brother, John W. Potter (Dub); 10 grandsons, Jason, Dean, Joey, Keith, Robert, Jacob, Cameron, Brett, Chris and Kirby; and 19 great grandchildren.