Former mayor of Lynchburg; co-founder and first president of Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce; charter member of Jones Memorial Library and served on its board for 45 years
Born in Campbell County, daughter of Thomas Tate Butler PHILLIPS and Maria Theresa CARSON; graduate of University of Virginia; taught school in Campbell County for 20 years; first medical technologist at Lynchburg General- Marshall Lodge Hospital
Former pastor of Concord Methodist Circuit; retired editor of UPPER ROOM; director of Methodist Assembly Center at Junaluska, NC; brother of Edgar A. POTTS of Lynchburg