Mother of:
Margaret Malissa Porter Keys
Bessie Porter Saunders
Mary Elizabeth Porter Landis
James Knox Porter
Euphia Neta Porter Gunn
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Roscoe Resident,
Mrs. J. W. Porter,
Dies at S'Water
Roscoe - Mrs. J. W. Porter, 82, resident of Roscoe for 29 years, died at Simmons Memorial Hospital at Sweetwater at 7:40 a.m. Thursday after an extended illness.
She had been in ill health the past two years and had been on the critical list since entering the hospital two weeks ago.
She was born March 18, 1879 in Burnet County. She married Mr. Porter on Aug. 8, 1904 in Sweetwater. He died in 1955.
Funeral will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church here with the Rev. Glenn Roenfeldt, pastor, the Rev. J. L. Cartrite, pastor of Lamar Street Baptist Church, and the Rev. G. A. Elrod, retired pastor of the First Baptist Church here, officiating. Burial will be in the Roscoe Cemetery with Wells Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers will be Dwyght Gunn, Ronald and Royce Porter, Rodney Callaway, Ervin Lehrman and Herman Jeffrey.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Howard (Malissa) Keys of Roscoe, Mrs. J. O. (Bessie) Saunders of Roswell, N.M., Mrs. Harold (Elizabeth) Landis of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Leonard (Neta) Gunn of Sweetwater; a son, Knox Porter of Sweetwater; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (6/30/1961)
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
name: Mary Ellen Porter
death date: 29 Jun 1961
death place: Simmons Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
cause of death: Congestive heart failure (uremia)
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 82 years 3 months 11 days
birth date: 18 Mar 1879
birthplace: Burnet County, Texas, USA
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: Bolin A. Perry
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Margaret Stewart
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Housewife
place of residence: 300 Pecan Street, Roscoe, Nolan, Texas
cemetery: City
burial place: Roscoe, Texas
burial date: 30 Jun 1961
informant: Knox Porter (son)
film number: 2116789
digital film number: 4166604
image number: 00001165
reference number: ctf41823
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Mother of:
Margaret Malissa Porter Keys
Bessie Porter Saunders
Mary Elizabeth Porter Landis
James Knox Porter
Euphia Neta Porter Gunn
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Roscoe Resident,
Mrs. J. W. Porter,
Dies at S'Water
Roscoe - Mrs. J. W. Porter, 82, resident of Roscoe for 29 years, died at Simmons Memorial Hospital at Sweetwater at 7:40 a.m. Thursday after an extended illness.
She had been in ill health the past two years and had been on the critical list since entering the hospital two weeks ago.
She was born March 18, 1879 in Burnet County. She married Mr. Porter on Aug. 8, 1904 in Sweetwater. He died in 1955.
Funeral will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church here with the Rev. Glenn Roenfeldt, pastor, the Rev. J. L. Cartrite, pastor of Lamar Street Baptist Church, and the Rev. G. A. Elrod, retired pastor of the First Baptist Church here, officiating. Burial will be in the Roscoe Cemetery with Wells Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers will be Dwyght Gunn, Ronald and Royce Porter, Rodney Callaway, Ervin Lehrman and Herman Jeffrey.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Howard (Malissa) Keys of Roscoe, Mrs. J. O. (Bessie) Saunders of Roswell, N.M., Mrs. Harold (Elizabeth) Landis of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Leonard (Neta) Gunn of Sweetwater; a son, Knox Porter of Sweetwater; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (6/30/1961)
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
name: Mary Ellen Porter
death date: 29 Jun 1961
death place: Simmons Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
cause of death: Congestive heart failure (uremia)
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 82 years 3 months 11 days
birth date: 18 Mar 1879
birthplace: Burnet County, Texas, USA
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: Bolin A. Perry
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Margaret Stewart
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Housewife
place of residence: 300 Pecan Street, Roscoe, Nolan, Texas
cemetery: City
burial place: Roscoe, Texas
burial date: 30 Jun 1961
informant: Knox Porter (son)
film number: 2116789
digital film number: 4166604
image number: 00001165
reference number: ctf41823
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