Sara Elizabeth (Potts) Canty

Rock Hill, SC – Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Potts Canty, 92, died Friday, February 18, 2022, at Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House.

A native of Cedartown, GA. Mrs. Canty was a daughter of the late John Archie Potts and Virgie Vitilla Wiggins Potts.  Her family moved to Catawba Junction, SC when she was very young.  She lived there until she married our Daddy November 1946.

Momma was a homemaker.  She also worked as a substitute cook at the Catawba Indian School and in her later years, at Catawba Camp Iswa. She shared her love of bluegrass music and dance with her children and grandchildren.  Momma enjoyed working in her flower gardens in the Spring and Summer.  She loved conversation and she always had a way with her words.  Something different about Momma is that she never drove a car.

Surviving are two sons, Heyward (Jackie) Canty, Jr. (Erika) and Timothy Dean Canty (Cindy); two daughters, Lynn Canty Varderford (Forrest) and Ellen Canty Bridges (Bob);  daughter-in-law, Dawn Canty; two brothers, Alton Potts and Michael Potts; and four sisters, Peggy Fail, Grace Grier, Naomi Licalsi, and Melinda Presley; 16 grandchildren; 37 great- grandchildren; and 29 great-great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Heyward Jackson Canty, Sr; a son, Ronald Vance Canty;  four sisters, Jean Plyler, Evelyn Snipes, Becky Thatcher, and Martha Clark and two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.

Mom had wonderful and loving caregivers.  We are so thankful for them and their time, their kindness and patience as they cared for our mother.  Nika Burciago and Cassandra Martin, Mom loved you the way you loved her and so do all of us.

Family and friends will be received at the home, 2550 Deer Lick Road, Rock Hill on Sunday and Monday from 3 - 8 pm.  The family will also receive friends at 11:00 am Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catawba Ward.  A funeral service will follow at Noon with burial in the Church Cemetery.

Whitesell Funeral Home is serving the family.