The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 23, 1997            TAG: 9701230249
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   26 lines

L.L. POTTER

L.L. ``Red'' Potter, 68, of the 9200 block of Marlow Ave. died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1997, in his home.

A retired chief petty officer in the U.S. Coast Guard and retired owner of Potter Electric, he was a South Creek, N.C., native. Mr. Potter was a member of Ocean View Masonic Lodge No. 335 AF&AM, Fleet Reserve Association Branch No. 60 and VFW Post No. 3160.

Survivors include his wife, Stella Whittaker Potter; daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Steve Hoffman of Norfolk; two sisters, Mattie Scahill of Norfolk and Alverta Meiggs of South Mills, N.C.; and grandson, Christopher Hoffman of Norfolk.

A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, by the Rev. John N. Ashenfelder. Burial will be private at a later date. The family will be at the residence from noon to 7 p.m. today. The family asks that all flowers be omitted and memorials be made to the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Cancer Fund, 600 Children's Way, Norfolk, Va. 23507.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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