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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DAVID E. POTTS

     Introduced By: Senator Valarie J. Lawson

     Date Introduced: February 03, 2025

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this Senate of the State of Rhode Island has

learned of the passing of David E. Potts. He was the devoted husband of Cheryl A. Potts for 55

years; and

     WHEREAS, David E. Potts was born in Providence, a son of the late Robert and Ethel

Potts. Mr. Potts graduated from East Providence High School and served our nation with honor

and distinction as a member of the United States Army from 1967 to 1969 during the Vietnam

War; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Potts was a hard-working man who strove tirelessly every day to

provide for his family and loved ones. His successful and varied business career included

working for Sysco in a sales position for 25 years, in restaurant management for Lee Zachary's in

Vermont, serving as a Deli Associate at Dave's Marketplace in Cumberland and was the owner of

Chipman's Corner Deli; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Potts was a devoted family man who easily made friends everywhere he

went thanks to his cheerful personality, great sense of humor and the caring and compassionate

demeanor he exhibited with everyone he met. In his free time, Mr. Potts was an avid and skillful

pool player and was a long-time member of the “Old School Rules” pool league at East

Providence Lanes; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Cheryl, Mr. Potts leaves behind his children, David

E. Potts, Jr., and his wife, Angela, Stacy E. Potts, and her husband, Jeff Baker, Kaitlyn S. Potts

and her fiancé David Johnson, and his grandchildren, David E. Potts, III, Paul H. Potts, Maureen

A. Whitney, James Max Whitney, Morgan B. Whitney, Madison E. Whitney, Andie K. Baker,

and Benjamin J. Baker. Mr. Potts also leaves behind his brother, Robert A. Potts, and his wife,

Eunice, his sister Barbara A. Guzulaitis, and his brother-in-law Charles D. Moreira. Mr. Potts also

leaves behind several nieces, nephews and numerous close friends. Mr. Potts was predeceased by

his parents, mother-in-law Elsie Moreira, his grandson, Alexander C. Baker, his siblings Nancy

M. Daveau and John F. Potts, nephews Andrew G. Guzulaitis and Roger J. Daveau, and niece

Susan E. Potts; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby expresses its deepest

condolences to the Potts Family on the passing of David E. Potts; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Cheryl A. Potts and Family.

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