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|birth_date=March 30, 1927
|birth_date=March 30, 1927
|birth_place=Bonita, Montague County<br> [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
|birth_place=Bonita, Montague County<br> [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
|death_date=February 22, 2020 (aged 92)
|death_place=Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas
|resting_place=[[Cremation]]; remains at Chillicothe, Texas
|spouse=John Luther Potts, Jr.<br>
|spouse=John Luther Potts, Jr.<br>
'''One son''':<br>
'''One son''':<br>
}}
}}
'''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.</ref>
'''Myna Gayle Hicks Potts''' (March 30, 1927 – February 27, 2020) was an historical preservationist from Chillicothe in Hardeman County in west [[Texas]], who was 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.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
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 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 oversaw 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. The couple had one son, David Lee Potts (born January 12, 1947).<ref name=statement/>
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. The couple had one son, David Lee Potts (born January 12, 1947).<ref name=statement/>
In 2007, Potts told Bob Phillips in his long-running ''Texas Country Reporter'' syndicated [[television]] series]] that Medicine Mound "was [[rural]] America, and it was complete. We had everything we needed right here. . . . I want the people remembered who settled the area. . . . [This place] has meaning; they had a place in history." <ref name=tcr>Myna Potts, ''Texas Country Reporter,'' September 1, 2007.</ref>
In 2007, Potts told Bob Phillips in his long-running ''Texas Country Reporter'' syndicated [[television]] series]] that Medicine Mound "was [[rural]] America, and it was complete. We had everything we needed right here. . . . I want the people remembered who settled the area. . . . [This place] has meaning; they had a place in history." <ref name=tcr>Myna Potts, ''Texas Country Reporter,'' September 1, 2007.</ref>
Phillips narrated his observations as follows: [Potts] is one woman determined to keep this town's history together. . . . We found Medicine Mound on Highway 1167 far from anything but the hills that the native Comanche held sacred, the mounds that give this place its name. Once we were here, we felt close to those who built the community, and the past didn't seem so far away."<ref name=tcr/>
Phillips narrated his observations as follows: "[Potts] is one woman determined to keep this town's history together. . . . We found Medicine Mound on Highway 1167 far from anything but the hills that the native Comanche held sacred, the mounds that give this place its name. Once we were here, we felt close to those who built the community, and the past didn't seem so far away."<ref name=tcr/>
==Museum access==
==Museum access==