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'''Myna Gayle Hicks Potts''' (born March 30, 1927) is an historical preservationist from Chillicothe in Hardeman County in west [[Texas]], who is the curator of the Medicine Mound Museum in the nearby ghost town of Medicine Mound. Only two buildings remain in the town. Medicine Mound has received non-profit status and has been placed in the domain of the  Downtown Medicine Mound Preservation Group, a 501(c 3) public charity.<ref>Guidestar, Downtown Medicine Mound Preservation Group:http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=justgivews&ein=11-3788422</ref>

'''Myna Gayle Hicks Potts''' (born March 30, 1927) is an historical preservationist from Chillicothe in Hardeman County in west [[Texas]], who is the curator of the Medicine Mound Museum in the nearby ghost town of Medicine Mound. Only two buildings remain in the town. Medicine Mound has received non-profit status and has been placed in the domain of the  Downtown Medicine Mound Preservation Group, a 501(c 3) public charity.<ref>Guidestar, Downtown Medicine Mound Preservation Group:http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=justgivews&ein=11-3788422</ref>

==Background==​

==Backgroiund==

 

Potts was the only daughter of five children of Ira Lee Hicks (1886–1966) and the former Lillie Bell Holmes (1892–1989), who are interred in Chillicothe. She was born in Bonita, an unincorporated community in  Montague County northwest of [[Denton, Texas|Denton]]. The Pottses moved west of [[Wichita Falls]] to Medicine Mound in Hardeman County when Myna was still an [[infant]]. Ira Hicks and his brother-in-law, Lon Cobb (died 1942), operated the Hicks-Cobb General Store, since the museum which Potts oversees as the major focus of her historical preservation efforts.<ref name=statement>Statement of Myna Potts, September 18, 2008.</ref>

Potts is the only daughter of five children of Ira Lee Hicks (1886–1966) and the former Lillie Bell Holmes (1892–1989), who are interred in Chillicothe. She was born in Bonita, an unincorporated community in  Montague County northwest of [[Denton, Texas|Denton]]. The Pottses moved west of [[Wichita Falls]] to Medicine Mound in Hardeman County when Myna was still an [[infant]]. Ira Hicks and his brother-in-law, Lon Cobb (died 1942), operated the Hicks-Cobb General Store, since the museum which Potts oversees as the major focus of her historical preservation efforts.<ref name=statement>Statement of Myna Potts, September 18, 2008.</ref>

Potts attended elementary school in Medicine Mound and graduated from Quanah High School in Quanah named for the Comanche chief, Quanah Parker. She attended [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]] for one year. Potts was married to John Luther Potts, Jr. (1922-2011), who retired from the Lykes Shipping Company of [[New Orleans]]. As a skipper in the merchant marine, he was away from home in Chillicothe six months at a time, a situation which led Mrs. Potts to master the ham radio to maintain communication with her husband.<ref name=statement/> The couple had one son, David Lee Potts (born January 12, 1947).<ref>USGENWEB [[Archives]], [[Hardeman County, Texas]], Births 1947:http://files.usgwarchives.org/tx/hardeman/vitals/births/1947/hardeb47.txt</ref>

Potts attended elementary school in Medicine Mound and graduated from Quanah High School in Quanah named for the Comanche chief, Quanah Parker. She attended [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]] for one year. Potts was married to John Luther Potts, Jr. (1922-2011), who retired from the Lykes Shipping Company of [[New Orleans]]. As a skipper in the merchant marine, he was away from home in Chillicothe six months at a time, a situation which led Mrs. Potts to master the ham radio to maintain communication with her husband.<ref name=statement/> The couple had one son, David Lee Potts (born January 12, 1947).<ref>USGENWEB [[Archives]], [[Hardeman County, Texas]], Births 1947:http://files.usgwarchives.org/tx/hardeman/vitals/births/1947/hardeb47.txt</ref>