Margaret CollettePo

teetCOHUTTA Margaret Eslinger Collette-Poteet, 96, passed away Sunday July 29, 2012, in a Dalton Ga. hospital.She was preceded in death by her first husband, Alton Cecil Collette; and by her second husband, Earl Poteet. Her sons, Alton Ralph Collette Sr. and William "Billy" Andrew Collette also preceded her in death.She was retired from Betti Lee Chenille in Dalton and was of the Baptist faith. She was the youngest and last surviving member of 12 children in the Eslinger family.She is survived by daughter-in-law, Geneva Maynard Collette, of Cleveland; five grandchildren, Alton Collette, Cecil Collette, Barry Collette, all of Cleveland, Kristie Collette Land and her husband James, of Tunnel Hill, Ga., Jon Collette and his wife, Mandy, of Cleveland; 11 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive.A Remembrance of Life Service will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Jim Rush Funeral Homes, Wildwood Avenue Chapel with Rev. Tommy Brown officiating.Interment will follow in Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery with Alton Collette, Cecil Collette, Barry Collette, Jon Collette, Chandler Collette and Reed Cross serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearer will be James Land.Please view and sign the guestbook at www.jimrushfuneralhomes.com.The family will receive friends from 5 until 9 p.m. at Jim Rush Funeral Homes, Wildwood Avenue Chapel who is in charge of the arrangements.