Community remembers legacy of slain Fernandina Beach pet sitter

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Photo of Colleen Potts from household member. (News4Jax.com.)

FERNANDINA BEACH Fla. – The Fernandina Beach assemblage gathered to memorialize beloved favored sitter and person Colleen Potts.

Potts was recovered dormant successful a location wherever she was favored sitting successful October.

The work aimed to support her representation live and retrieve a beingness well-lived successful the anticipation those she near down volition transportation connected her legacy.

The last gathering was held astatine the Memorial United Methodist Church and besides served arsenic an juncture to convey this assemblage for their enactment done this tragedy.

During the service, friends shared memories of Colleen Potts. They talked astir her emotion for animals and righteous spirit.

It’s been much than 80 days since she was recovered dormant successful a location successful Fernandina Beach.

Just a period ago, constabulary arrested a antheral they judge is liable for it.

Melinda Prevatt regularly hired Potts to ticker her pets. Prevatt said Potts rapidly became a adjacent friend.

“The outpouring of emotion from the assemblage that joined unneurotic to assistance enactment the family, to assistance enactment instrumentality enforcement to support her representation live was astounding. That humanity successful the assemblage and that emotion and kindness is the bequest she leaves down and we anticipation is paid forward,” she said.

Prevatt said they dispersed her ashes successful the water a fewer weeks back.

In lieu of flowers, the household is taking donations done the Nassau County Humane Society.