Mrs. Patty Lynn Nichols Potts, age 42, of Stone Mountain, GA, died Thursday, August 9, 2012, at her residence.

Mrs. Potts was born May 16, 1970 in Rome, GA, the daughter of Betty Jean Mann Nichols and the late Walter Lee Nichols. She was a member of the Pentecostal Worship Center and she worked as an LPN at Shepherd Hills Health Care. Other than her father, she was preceded in death by her mother, Margaret Nichols Gardner.

Survivors include her husband, Terry Potts; sons, Cody Teague and Justin Rainville; step-children, Jonathan Potts, Ryan Potts, Heaven Potts, and Alisha Potts; mother, Betty Nichols; sister, Lisa Elliott; brother, Jeff Gardner and wife, Tabatha Gardner; nieces, Cassidy Gardner and Emarey Gardner; nephews, Zach Gardner, Staven Gardner, and Gunnar Gardner.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, August 12, 2012 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Andy Hutchins and Rev. Kevin Woods officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgeway Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Justin Rainville, Derrick Nichols, Ryan Potts, Zach Gardner, Joseph Dutton, Jeremy Nichols, Matt Rainville, Cody Teague and Tommy Gardner. Honorary pallbearers will the Nursing Staff of Shepherd Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Potts will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Saturday, August 11, 2012.