Waynetta Poteat Hairston, of Danville, Virginia, departed life on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville ,GA.

She was born October 9, 1953 to the late Walter Davis Poteat and Onnie Mae Watkins Poteat. May of 1999 she was wed in matrimony to Kermit Hairston. Waynetta worked many years for Danville Pittsylvania County Mental Health Service Board until retiring in 2011, she was also a devoted Jehovah Witness.

She leaves to cherish her daughter, Denita P Richardson (Eric P Richardson) Dacula, GA, two sisters Deborah Murry (Danny Murray) of Dayton Ohio, Starnel Turner of Plainfield NJ. Predeceased Kathy D Vasquez, one brother Vernell Dodson( Jackie Davis Dodson) of Somerset , NJ. Her Grandchildren, Jessica, Quinton,Hadrian and Erica. Her nephews Delvin and WIllie Johnson and a host of other relatives and friends.