Mable Dale Potts

Mable Dale Potts. . , Born April 5, 1901 in Galena, Kansas, Mable Dale was of Cherokee Indian descent. However, her paternal grandfather had been adopted into the Creek Indian Nation. Thus, when the United States Government allotted lands to those of Indian Descent who Qualified, the land given to the young Mable Dale was a part of that designated to the members of the Creek Nation. This land was later found to abound in Petroleum products. Making her a wealthy young lady in her early teen years., While still in her teens, this young woman became a benefactress of the Yale community. In 1917 she financed the construction of the First Baptist Church at the corner of B Street and Boston., The following year, it was announced that she would contribute the monies needed to build and furnish the sixty patient Mable Dale Hospital on C Street. The hospital served the Yale area until December of 1964. Although Mable Dale Potts resided in Yale only a few more years after the completion of the hospital, countless persons continued to benefit from her generous gifts to the city. After serving her community and church faithfully, Mable Dale Potts died at the age of sixty four years, on March 11, 1965, at Norman, Oklahoma. She how rests in Lawson cemetery North of Yale, the city she loved.