Phillip Wayne Potter, 68, of Franklin, entered into rest on Friday, September 9, 2005.

A native of Ocala, Florida, he was the son of the late Walter Harrison Potter and Jessie Mae Godwin Potter. He was a US Air Force veteran and retired after 38 years from the US Dept. of Interior where he worked as a geological surveyor at the Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. He was a member of Long Beach Baptist Church in Long Beach, Mississippi

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Carolyn B. Potter; two children, Wayne Glenn Potter and wife Linda of Pearl, Miss. and Nancy Lynn Lucas of Purvis, Miss.; one sister, Polly Potter of Morristown, TN; three grandchildren, Christopher and Emily Potter and Adam Lucas; one great grandchild, Kaitlyn.

Private services will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Macon County Unit, PO Box 1648, Franklin, NC 28744.

Macon Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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