Mrs. Porter, who was widely known in the Panhandle of Texas after her book, "Memory Cups of Panhandle Pioneers", was published, died at her home in Wheeler Saturday after a six-month illness.
Rev. Carlton Thompson, pastor of the Wheeler Methodist Church, will officiate at the rites assisted by Dr. J. Edmond Kirby of Pampa.
Mrs. Porter was born Dec. 7, 1877, in Springfield, Mo., and wrote her book on the Panhandle and its pioneers after a long and exhaustive study. She wrote the book, she often said, because important events in the settling of the Texas Panhandle were being forgotten.
Mrs. Porter was a charter member of the Wednesday Study Club, organized in Wheeler in 1934, a member of the Panhandle Pen-women, the Panhandler's Club in Wheeler County, and a charter member of the Women's Society of Christian Service in the Wheeler Methodist Church.
Survivors include three brothers, Charlie Jones of Ribera, N.M., Jim Jones of Cedar Edge, Colo., and Minor Jones of California; four sisters, Mrs. John Parr of Amarillo, Mrs. P.E. Yarbrough of Wheeler, Mrs. T.E. Trostle of Lela and Mrs. John B. Harvey of Shamrock; two daughters, Mrs. J.H. Caperton of Shamrock and Mrs. Cora Hyatt, Wheeler; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services are under the direction of Kirk Funeral Home in Wheeler.
(Published in Pampa Daily News (Pampa, Texas) - Mon, Feb 13, 1956 - Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Millie Alice Porter
Death Date: 11 Feb 1956
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 10712
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Millie Alice Porter
[Millie Alice Jones]
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1877
Birth Place: Fanney, Missouri
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: J R Jones
Mother: Mary Ruth Compary
Age at Death: 78
Death Date: 11 Feb 1956
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Mrs. Porter, who was widely known in the Panhandle of Texas after her book, "Memory Cups of Panhandle Pioneers", was published, died at her home in Wheeler Saturday after a six-month illness.
Rev. Carlton Thompson, pastor of the Wheeler Methodist Church, will officiate at the rites assisted by Dr. J. Edmond Kirby of Pampa.
Mrs. Porter was born Dec. 7, 1877, in Springfield, Mo., and wrote her book on the Panhandle and its pioneers after a long and exhaustive study. She wrote the book, she often said, because important events in the settling of the Texas Panhandle were being forgotten.
Mrs. Porter was a charter member of the Wednesday Study Club, organized in Wheeler in 1934, a member of the Panhandle Pen-women, the Panhandler's Club in Wheeler County, and a charter member of the Women's Society of Christian Service in the Wheeler Methodist Church.
Survivors include three brothers, Charlie Jones of Ribera, N.M., Jim Jones of Cedar Edge, Colo., and Minor Jones of California; four sisters, Mrs. John Parr of Amarillo, Mrs. P.E. Yarbrough of Wheeler, Mrs. T.E. Trostle of Lela and Mrs. John B. Harvey of Shamrock; two daughters, Mrs. J.H. Caperton of Shamrock and Mrs. Cora Hyatt, Wheeler; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services are under the direction of Kirk Funeral Home in Wheeler.
(Published in Pampa Daily News (Pampa, Texas) - Mon, Feb 13, 1956 - Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Millie Alice Porter
Death Date: 11 Feb 1956
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 10712
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Millie Alice Porter
[Millie Alice Jones]
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1877
Birth Place: Fanney, Missouri
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: J R Jones
Mother: Mary Ruth Compary
Age at Death: 78
Death Date: 11 Feb 1956
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
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