Ernest Potts, 67, passed on July 21, 2021. He was born in Jacksonville, Illinois on April 16, 1954.

He married Carol Potts in 2001 and they lived together in Winfield, Missouri. Together they raised 5 children. He is also survived by 9 grandchildren.

Ernest graduated from Jersey Community High School in 1972.

"Don’t think of him as gone away
his journey’s just begun,
life holds so many facets
this earth is only one.

Just think of him as resting
from the sorrows and the tears
in a place of warmth and comfort
where there are no days and years.

Think how he must be wishing
that we could know today
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.

And think of him as living
in the hearts of those he touched…
for nothing loved is ever lost
and he was loved so much."