OBIT: Fannie Parrish Porter, d. 1938, Bullitt Co., KY

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Contributed by Martha P. marabplow@worldnet.att.net
Date: 13 June 2000
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Porter - Thursday, October 13, 1938, at 11:15 a.m., at her residence, Mt. Washington, KY., 
Mrs. Fannie I Porter (nee Parrish), age 79 years, devoted mother of Mrs. H.P. Wiggington, 
Mrs. S.F. Smith, Miss Georgia Porter, F.T. and L.L. Porter; sister of Mrs. Nick McArthur, 
Lee and Tom Parrish; 17 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren.  Funeral from the Mt. 
Washington Methodist Church, Sunday, October 16, at 2 p.m.  Interment in Mt. Washington
Cemetery.

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Another article related to Fannie Parrish Porter:

A Friend's Tribute to a Godly Woman
    Mt. Washington, Oct. 24 - Although this following death was reported briefly on the 
exact date, we as a friend and neighbor of this remarkable woman would add some personal 
facts and also tributes to her memory.
    Mrs. Fannie I. Porter passed away at home in Mt. Washington on October 13.  She had a 
fall 11 years ago and broke her hip which caused her to be an invalid and she also had 
another fall in August of this year from which she never recovered.  She was only in bed one 
week.  She bore her suffering, which was intense, gently.
    She was born May 19, 1859 in Mt. Washington and lived here all her life with the 
exception of a few years at Brooks Station.  She was loved by all who knew her. I have heard 
several say, "She was a real Christian, and she lived it."  She was very quiet and was 
always doing something for others, and since she had been an invalid, she had pieced quilts 
for her children and grandchildren, which she prized very highly.
    She united with the Mt. Washington Methodist Church in early childhood and as long as 
she was able she was in her place when time came to worship. She taught her children to love 
their church and to be loyal and she certainly did succeed in her efforts.
    She was united in marriage to Mr. Frank C. Porter in 1877, who preceded her to the grave 
in August 1923, fifteen years ago.  To this union were born ten children, three of whom died 
in infancy, two sons, Clarence, who was accidently killed in an automobile wreck April 12, 
1937, and Walter, May 29, 1937, from an accident with his tractor.  She stood the shocks 
much better than some of we younger ones and only said,"It is awful hard but God knows
best."
    Five children survive, Mrs. H.P. Wigginton, Mrs. Sammy Smith, Miss Georgia Porter; 
Messrs. Tom and Lucian Porter; seventeen grandchildren and six great grandchildren; one 
sister, Mrs. Nick McArthur, of Louisville, and two brothers. T.H. and Lee Parrish, of Mt. 
Washington.
    Funeral srvices were conducted at house on Sunday, October 16 at 1:45 p.m. by Rev. Paul 
Horner, of Louisville, the husband of her granddaughter, Mrs. Lillian Aileen Porter Horner, 
and at the Mt. Washington Methodist Church at 2 p.m. by her pastor, Rev. C.K. Dickey, and 
former pastor, Rev. D.R. Peak; also Rev. R.L. Puckett, pastor of the local Baptist church.
     The music was furnished by Miss Demetra Fisher; Messrs Edgar Fisher, Charles Franklin 
Swearingen and Horace McGee, accompanied by Miss Alma Dean Fisher at the piano, who took 
Mrs. Edna McGee's place on account of illness. Interment was in the Mt. Washington Cemetery. 
 The services at the grave were dismissed with prayer by Brother Miller, pastor of Kings 
Baptist Church. Her pallbearers were her grandsons and flower girls were granddaughters.

(This notice ended with a poem, untitled, and signed - Mt. Washington Correspondent.)