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A Celebration of Life For

Service Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 11 a.m. CDT

McQueen’s Temple First Born Church of The Living God 5685 Highway 79, Vernon, Florida 32462

Jr. Bishop John Ozell Brown, Pastor / Eulogist Minister Wade Brown, Officiating Cooper Funeral Home, Directing

Active Pallbearers

Gaven Brown James A. Peterson, Jr.

Lorell Jackson Richard Peterson, Jr.

Charles Mike Quenten Potter

Honorary Pallbearers

Monroe Bell Hazel Edwards

Ronald Brown LaRau Jackson

David Bland Henry James Smith

Flower Attendants

Family and Friends

Ushers & Choir

McQueen’s Temple and Community In Appreciation

The Family of the late Rhonda Lynette Potter would like to express sincere appreciation for your ex-pressions of lo ve and kindness during our time of grief. Your prayers, love and concern has lifted our spirit. We pray that God will bless and keep you. A special thank you to Covenant Hospice at Bay

Medical Sacred Heart Hospital and Washington County EMS. The Potter Family

Repast

Church of Christ Annex, 4068 Jackson Community Road, Vernon, Florida 32462

March 25, 1969 September 19, 2014

Sunrise Sunset

Rhonda’s Life and Memories

Rhonda Lynette Potter was born on March 25, 1969 to Willie and Susie Potter in Panama City, Florida. Rhonda graduated from Vernon High School in 1987. She furthered her education at the University of Florida and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Relations. Rhonda was employed with the Food and Drug Administration as an Operation’s Support Manager in Maryland. Cultivating friends came easy for Rhonda in every city that she lived as she was a very outgoing person. She engaged in the greatest friendship of all, by ac-cepting Christ into her life. Rhonda was preceded in death by her older brother Willie Lewis Potter. Rhonda will be missed by her loving father and mother Willie and Susie Potter of Ebro, Florida; her brother and sister-in-law James “Joe” and Jenny Potter of Leander, Texas; two nieces Kayla and McKenzie Potter also of Lean-der, Texas; one nephew Ryan Potter of Mountain Home, Idaho; her half-brother Terry (Dorothy) Killings of Panama City, Florida; grandparents Alexander and Madie Brown, Catherine Potter and Alvin (Annie Mae) Brown; her close friends Tangela Anderson and Nancy Henry, a host of Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, extended relatives and numerous friends.

If Roses Grow in Heaven

Don't think of me as gone away, My journey's just begun. Life holds so many facets, This earth is only one.

Just think of my as resting, from the sorrows and the tears, In a place of warmth and comfort,

Where there are no days and years. Think how I must be wishing, That we could know today,

How nothing but your sadness, Can really pass away. And think of me as living, In the hearts of those I touched,

For nothing loved is ever lost, And I was loved so much.

Cooper Funeral Home “A Pillar of Strength in Time of Need”

Z. R. Cooper, Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer

1220 Church Avenue / Post Office Box 66

Chipley, Florida 32428

850-638-0077 (phone & FAX)

“We Appreciate Your Trust”

Arrangements Entrusted To

Celebration Service Minister Wade Brown, Presiding

Processional ........................................................................................... Family & Clergy

Selection ............................................................................................... Community Choir

Prayer Of Comfort ........................................................................... Bro. Leonard Dean

Scriptures:

Old Testament .................................................... Jr. Bishop Willie A. Potter, Sr.

New Testament ................................................................... Bro. Eli Andrews, Jr.

Selection ............................................................................................... Community Choir

Silent Reflections

Solo ............................................................................................. Min. Antione Brown

Acknowledgements ..................................................................................... Cooper’s Staff

Selection ................................................................................................................... Choir

Eulogy ....................................................................... Jr. Bishop John O. Brown, Pastor

Recessional ........................................................................................... Family & Clergy

Drivers: Please turn on your headlamps and emergency flashers for safety & recognition while driving in Funeral Cortege’.

If Tomorrow Starts Without Me

If tomorrow starts without me, And I'm not there to see. If the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me

I wish so much you wouldn't cry the way you did today. While thinking of the many things we didn't get to say. I know how much you love me, As much as I love you,

And each time that you think of me, I know you'll miss me too; But when tomorrow starts without me, please try to understand,

That an angel came and called my name, And took me by the hand

And said my place was ready, in heaven far above, And that I'd have to leave behind all those I dearly love. But as I turned to walk away, A tear fell from my eye, For all my life, I'd always thought, I didn't want to die.

I had so much to live for, So much left yet to do, It seemed almost impossible, that I was leaving you.

But when I walked through heaven's gates, I felt so much at home. When God looked down and smiled at me,

From His great golden throne, He said, "This is eternity, and all I've promised you.

Today your life on earth is past, but here life starts anew. So when tomorrow starts without me, Don't think we're far apart,

For every time you think of me, I'm right here, in your heart.

Something Beautiful Remains

The tide recedes, but leaves behind, Bright seashells on the sand. The sun goes down but gentle warmth, Still lingers on the land.

The music stops and yet it lingers on, In sweet refrain. For every joy that passes, Something beautiful remains