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Kittie Ann Potts Gillians

1938 - 2023

Kittie Ann Potts Gillians obituary, 1938-2023, Forsyth County, NC

BORN

1938

DIED

2023

FUNERAL HOME

Pierce-Jefferson Funeral Services - Kernersville

213 West Mountain Street

Kernersville, North Carolina

Kittie Gillians Obituary

Gillians, Kittie Ann Potts

July 26, 1938 - February 10, 2023

Kittie Ann Potts Gillians, 84, of Kernersville, passed away peacefully Friday, February 10, 2023.

A native of Durham, NC, Kittie was the wife of 59 years to Gerald Dean Gillians and the daughter of Otho Jennings Potts and Frances Williams Potts, both deceased. Kittie was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church. She was the school nurse at Gospel Light Christian School for many years where she touched many lives through her loving care. Kittie was a true woman of valor to all that knew her.

Survivors include her husband, Gerald; daughters, Joni Harrison and husband, Ricky, and Virginia Tilley and husband, Earl Junior; six grandchildren, Daniel Harrison and wife, Angel, Phillip Harrison and wife, Angela, Sunni Weatherly and husband, Greg, Jeremy Tilley, Crystal Tilley, and Robert Hendley; eleven great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Carolyn Holland.

In addition to her parents, Kittie was preceded in death by her daughter, Kristie Joanne Gillians; son, Robert Michael Hendley; first husband, Robert Pynes Hendley; one great-grandson, Christian Wilson; and brother-in-law, Charles Holland.

Funeral services celebrating her life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 17, 2023, at the Pierce-Jefferson Funeral Services Kernersville Chapel, with Rev. Frank Shumate and Rev. Mary Frances Holland officiating. Interment will follow at Gardens of Memory, Walkertown, NC. The family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Friday, prior to the service, at the funeral home.

Friends and family may offer online condolences at www.piercejeffersonfh.com.

Memorial may be made to Senior Services, Inc., 2895 Shorefair Dr. NW, Winston-Salem, NC 27105.

Pierce-Jefferson Funeral Services

213 W Mountain St., Kernersville, NC 27284

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Published by Winston-Salem Journal on Feb. 14, 2023.

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213 West Mountain Street, Kernersville, NC 27284

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