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Brenda K. Poteet

Brenda K. Poteet, 56, of Huntington, IN, died Monday, May 1, 2017, at 1:44 p.m. at Parkview Huntington Hospital.

Mrs. Poteet was a 1978 graduate of Huntington North High School. She worked as a security guard at General Motors, Fort Wayne, for 17 years.

She was born July 27, 1960, in Huntington to Leo L. and Sondra J. Detamore Gearhart. She married James Poteet on Aug. 13, 1988, in Huntington, and he survives.

Additional survivors include two sons, Scottie Gearhart, of Huntington, and Adam Poteet, of Fort Wayne; two daughters, Tiffany Phillippe, of Huntington, and Erin Duncan, of Fishers; a sister, Cynthia Mortimore, of Huntington; a brother, Dean Gearhart, of Andrews; three stepsisters; and seven grandchildren.

Calling is Thursday, May 4, 2017, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Myers Funeral Home Huntington Chapel, in Huntington. A service will be held at the funeral home on Friday, May 5, 2017, at 11 am., with calling one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, in Andrews.

Memorial gifts may be made to Cancer Services for Huntington County in care of Myers Funeral Home, 2901 Guilford St., Huntington, IN 46750.

To sign the online guest registry, visit www.myersfuneralhomes.com.