Funeral services for Charles B. Porter were at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, August 31 a First Baptist Church with Revs. A.R. Bilberry and Bill Merritt officiating.
Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery.
Porter was born June 23, 1893 in Jack County and died Wednesday at Jack County Hospital.
On March 13, 1915 he married Ora Fowler.
He had been bookkeeper for Henderson Equipment Co., was a mail carrier and grocer.
Survivors are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Bob Welch, Bowie; 2 sons, Carroll and Dr. Lawrence of Sacramento, Calif., 7 sisters; Mmes. Alpha Smith, Mollie Black, Frankie Scott, Niecia Riggs, Agnes Leatherwood all of Jacksboro; Mrs. Aubrey Riggs, Vernon, Mrs. Willie Haynie, Amarillo... a brother, George of Jacksboro, 7 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.)
Vol. EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR, No. 14, Ed. 1
Thursday, August 31, 1967
Page: 1 of 8
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth733828/m1/1/?q=porter
Funeral services for Charles B. Porter were at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, August 31 a First Baptist Church with Revs. A.R. Bilberry and Bill Merritt officiating.
Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery.
Porter was born June 23, 1893 in Jack County and died Wednesday at Jack County Hospital.
On March 13, 1915 he married Ora Fowler.
He had been bookkeeper for Henderson Equipment Co., was a mail carrier and grocer.
Survivors are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Bob Welch, Bowie; 2 sons, Carroll and Dr. Lawrence of Sacramento, Calif., 7 sisters; Mmes. Alpha Smith, Mollie Black, Frankie Scott, Niecia Riggs, Agnes Leatherwood all of Jacksboro; Mrs. Aubrey Riggs, Vernon, Mrs. Willie Haynie, Amarillo... a brother, George of Jacksboro, 7 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.)
Vol. EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR, No. 14, Ed. 1
Thursday, August 31, 1967
Page: 1 of 8
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth733828/m1/1/?q=porter
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Dorn Works Porter
1888–1962
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Thomas Rose "Tom" Porter
1889–1961
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Mollie Mae Porter Black
1890–1983
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Alpha R Porter Smith
1895–1980
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Necia Porter Riggs
1896–1987
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Frankie Porter Scott
1899–1987
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Willie Porter Haynie
1901–1990
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Agnes Porter Leatherwood
1903–1989
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Aubrey Porter Riggs
1906–1971
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George W Porter
1909–1982
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