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Virginia "Jennie" Lee
Potter
Sep 5, 1930 — May 7, 2024
Virginia Lee (Jennie) Potter was born September 5,1930 to Wes and Florence Carson of Jet, Oklahoma. She passed away May 7, 2024. Virginia graduated from Jet High School and married her high school sweetheart, Charles Platt Potter, in April,1950. They first met in kindergarten and began dating in high school. She was a member of Putnam City Baptist Church.
Virginia worked in many different roles throughout her career. Her roles always centered on her love of people and traveling. She started as a secretary in the Oklahoma City Public Schools. After she retired from Oklahoma City Public Schools, she began selling Mary Kay Cosmetics, working her way up to Sales Director and earning a Mary Kay pink car. After retiring from Mary Kay, she became a tour guide for a senior citizen's motor coach tour company, making many trips to Branson, MO, almost every state in the U.S and even a few Canadian destinations.
In her spare time, Virginia loved dancing and belonged to the Rollin Square Dance Club. She and Charles would dance every chance they had.
Virginia was loved by her husband, family and many friends. She and Charles had a very loving marriage that served as a role model for others.
Virginia was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Elmon E. Carson; and granddaughter, Kimberly Carrol O'Quinn.
She is survived by her husband, Charles; two sons, Monty Charles of Austin, Texas and Gary Bruce and Beverly Potter of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; three grandchildren, Wesley Grant and Melissa Jane Potter and family of Coppell, Texas, Lisa Renee and Jason Ruiz and family of Angier, North Carolina, and John Cody and Becca O'Quinn and family of Pollok, Texas. Virginia had nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at Putnam City Baptist Church, in Oklahoma City on May 10, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. with her final resting place in Jet, Oklahoma.
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