Ila May POTTS

1917 - 2011  (94 years)

• Name	Ila May POTTS
  Born	8 May 1917	Macon County, North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	24 Oct 2011
  Buried	27 Oct 2011	Macon County, North Carolina - Sugarfork Baptist Church Cemetery   [2]
  Person ID	I40792	Schultheis
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2011

  
  

  Father	Walter Lee POTTS,   b. Abt 1888,   d. Abt 1954  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Sarah C. HURST,   b. Abt 1890,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F13660	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vernon Luther HOLLAND,   b. 13 Sep 1915, Macon County, North Carolina ,   d. 26 May 2001  (Age 85 years)
  Married	21 Oct 1939  [3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2021
  Family ID	F13661	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  HOLLAND, Vernon Luther & POTTS, Ila May - Gravestone

  
  

• Notes

  INDIVIDUAL NOTES: Obituary published in The Franklin Press, Macon County, North Carolina, dated October 28, 2011: Ila May Potts Holland Ila May Potts Holland, 94, of Franklin, passed away Monday, October 24, 2011. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Walter Potts and Sarah Hurst Potts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Luther Holland; brother, J.D. Potts; sisters, Annie Morgan, Maggie Hastings and Eddis Lovell; and a grandson, Jimmy Dynes. Ila May enjoyed gardening, crocheting and writing poems. She was a member of Cullasaja Assembly of God. She is survived by five daughters, Otela Bolick and husband Bobby, Carol Ashe and husband Roy, Arbutus Bolick and husband Larry, Mary Sue Sanders and husband Ray, Alice Taylor and husband Perry; four sons, Keith Holland, Van Holland and wife Becky, Alvin Holland and wife Sharon and Philip Holland and wife Elaine all of Franklin; three sisters, Esther Seago of Longview, WA, Alice McFalls of Marysville, WA and Velma Estes of Commerce, GA; 22 grandchildren, four step-grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces nephews. Funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 27, at Cullasaja Assembly of God, with Rev. James Cannon and Rev. Larry Bolick officiating. Burial was in Sugarfork Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 6-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 26, at Macon Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Brian Holland, Kevin Holland, Hugh Holland, Joel Holland, Daryl Holland, Greg Bolick, Larry Bolick, Eric Bolick, David Holland, Bobby Sanders and Clinton Taylor. Memorial donations can be made to Angel Hospice General Fund, 170 Church Street, Franklin, NC 28734. Macon Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences can be made at maconfuneralhome.com.

  
  

• Sources

  [S514] Ancestry.com. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. date/location [S390] Photograph of headstone by Christopher Eric Schultheis. location [S390] Photograph of headstone by Christopher Eric Schultheis. date