BRAMWELL HIGH SCHOOL CLASS '34
IN MEMORY OF JANIE POTEET
BRAMWELL
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS '34
GLENWOOD — Janie Poteet Light, 91, of Glenwood Park Retirement Village, formerly of Bluefield, died June 22, 2008 at her residence.Born March 5, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Arthur L. (“Pop”) and Edith Martin (“Muz”) Poteet of Bramwell, W.Va. She was a graduate of Bramwell High School and Marshall College. She taught at Bramwell Elementary School and was an organist for Bramwell Presbyterian Church before her marriage. Janie wrote the “Let's Go Window Shopping” column which ran in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph for more than thirty years. An active gardener, she was a long-time member and Past President of the Little Gardens Club. A gifted artist, her paintings in oil, pastel and watercolor won many awards. Discovering this talent while in her mid-fifties, she then became an active member of the Appalachian Artists Association and served on the Fine Arts Commission of the City of Bluefield for many years. She was also registered as an Artist-in-Residence at Spring Island, S.C.As a member of First Presbyterian Church of Bluefield, Janie served as Deacon, Sunday School Teacher and President of the Women of the Church. In 1983 she received the WOC Life Membership Award.She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Herbert W. Light. Survivors include their children whose births were spread out over the course of twenty years: Daughter Janet and her husband Dr. Richard E. Holman of Greenwood Village, Colo.; son James W. and his wife Dianne G. Light of Snowmass, Colo.; son Wm. Alan and his wife Ellen P. Light of Bluefield, W.Va.; daughter Laura and her husband Frederic R. Guyonneau of Roswell, Ga.; daughter Katharine and her husband Richard D. Sexton of Bluefield, W.Va.; seven grandsons, four granddaughters, one great-grandson and several nieces and nephews.She is also survived by one sister, Rae, and her husband William T. (Bill) Boone of Marietta, Ga., and her brother-in-law, H. Dillon Smith, of Summerton, S.C. Her only brother, Russell L. Poteet, as well as her other sister, Ferne Smith, preceded her in death.Always ready with a joke or a riddle for young or old, Janie never failed to lighten a heart or evoke a smile wherever she went. Information Sourc: |
Bramwell High School Class 1934
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