Funeral service for E.W. Potts, 83, Snyder will be at 2:00 pm Wednesday in the Southside Baptist Church, Snyder with Bro. Harlon Woodall, Mountain Park, OK officiating. The good Lord called E.W. home on the early evening of Saturday, November 12, 2011. E.W. had been suffering from complications of congestive heart failure for quite sometime. His grand niece Tammy Knight and her father, Tommy Potts were at his side when the "call home" came. Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. *** The family will greet friends Tuesday evening at the funeral home from 5pm until 7pm *** E.W. led a full and adventurous life while on this earth. E.W. was born in Healdton, Oklahoma, on 17 February 1928, to Elmer Walter Potts and Minnie Lee Potts (nee: Hix). E.W. joined a brother, Cubert Potts and two sisters, Lorene and Emaline. Another brother, Marvin Lee, joined the family several years later. The family moved to Snyder, Oklahoma, in the early 1930's, where Elmer Walter farmed. Elmer passed away so Minnie Lee took the family to Artesia, New Mexico, where her daughter Lorene and son-in-law, Marvin Sanders, were already living. E.W. had quit school by this time and traveled with his family to Artesia. He left Artesia to seek work and adventure in California. His mother had family in Southern California. E.W. found employment, and adventure in California. He worked at a plant making boxes and picking oranges. He returned to Artesia, where he met and married Eva Patricia Vallejo on 21 February 1948. After several years, E.W. became a father. Michael Stephen Potts was born in December 1951. A short year later, Lyndell Wayne Potts joined the family. E.W.'s family was complete. E.W. and Eva moved to Maljimar, New Mexico, where E.W. worked the oil fields. As soon as he was old enough, E.W. carried Michael along with him to the oil fields. Family legend has it that little Michael's first words were "pump jack". E.W. loved to tell this story, whenever he saw a pump jack or the topic came up. Seeking a better life for his family, E.W. moved back to Artesia and learned how to clean and repair typewriters and other office equipment under the tutelage of his brother-in-law, Marvin Sanders. The family moved from Artesia to El Paso, Texas, where E.W. continued to learn his new trade. He ventured out on his own in 1960 and opened his own office equipment repair and office supply store in Las Cruces, New Mexico. During the next 20 years he built his business in Las Cruces and opened a branch in Alamogordo, New Mexico. During this time, E.W. traveled all over Southern New Mexico, fixing and replacing typewrites and office equipment for businesses and schools. He enjoyed the freedom of being able to stop and fish between calls, usually if school schedules permitted, with his son's Mike and Lynn at his side. He enjoyed hunting trips with all his family in the mountains of New Mexico which he had learned to know so well from his business travels. His business even had an international side through an arrangement with an office machine shop in Chihuahua, Mexico. E.W. never forgot his Oklahoma roots. He and his young family traveled to Snyder, Oklahoma, often to visit his sister, Emaline, who had married Verlon Jeter and was raising a growing family of her own. All the family traveled back to Snyder to enjoy their time together. E.W. often talked of moving back to Snyder. In 1980 with his sons grown to manhood, E.W. sold the family business, bought an RV and set off with Eva. The traveled to the Texas coast near where Eva was born. He worked a bit with his nephew Tommy Potts and enjoyed fishing in the gulf. Oklahoma was still calling. In 1981, E.W. and Eva moved to Oklahoma, bought a house and some land on Route 62 outside Snyder. They joined the Southside Baptist Church and made Snyder their home. E.W. couldn't retire, though, and soon had a small office machine repair shop in the garage of his home. This left time for travel. Their son, Mike had joined the Navy in 1973 and had a family of his own. Michael had married, Kathy Ryan in Dec 1971 and had two sons, Travis Stephen Conner Potts, born in November 1973 and Joshua Daniel Potts, born in January 1978. Lynn, who never married, moved to Snyder to be with his parents in late 1981 and remained with them until he passed away in 2003. Over the years, Eva and E.W. visited Michael and his family many times at their various duty locations, including Virginia, Washington DC, San Diego California and SHAPE Belgium. The Lord called Eva home in 2005. Although he spent several months with Michael and his family in Maryland, Snyder remained E.W.'s home until his passing on 12 Nov 2011. E.W. is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Kathy Potts, grandsons Travis and Joshua Potts, granddaughters-in-law Martha and Cindy great grandchildren Dennis and Caroline Potts, age 13. He is also survived by his sister, Emaline Potts Jeter Hough, and by 16 nieces and nephews 60 or more great nieces and nephews and several great, great nieces and nephews. Special care was given him late in his life by his Nephews Dennis Jeter, his wife Mary, Tommy Potts and his wife Frances and his great nephew Brian Potts and his wife Kendra, his great niece Tammy Knight and his best friend Mr. Jerry Birdwell.