Obit: James B. Porter, Caddo Par., Louisiana
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker
Date: Nov. 1998
Source: Shreveport Times Sat., Oct. 24, 1998 issue.



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MR. JAMES B. PORTER

Services will be conducted at Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home, Hwy. 80 
East, Haughton, LA for James B. Porter, age 24 of Bossier City, LA on 
Saturday, Oct. 24, 1998 at 2 p.m.  Officiating will be Reverend Billy 
Pierce of Cypress Baptist Church and Reverend Ed. Baswell of Elm Grove 
Baptist Church.  Interment will be at Hill Crest Memorial Park.  The 
family will receive friends for visitation on Saturday from 10 a.m. -  2 
p.m. at the funeral home.

James entered into rest on October 22, 1998 in his home surrounded by 
loved ones after a battle with cancer.  He was a native of Tallulah, LA 
but lived most of his life in Bossier Parish.  He was proud to have 
served as a Deputy of Bossier Parish.  He intended to follow in his 
father's footsteps, Sgt. Steve Porter of Louisiana State Police, and 
serve his life in law enforcement.

He was prededed in death by his brother, Kenneth Porter who died from 
cancer 22 months ago.

He is survived by his wife, Kim Porter and two children, Jace and 
Jordan; mother and adoptive father, Brenda and Steve Porter; step-mother 
and father, Mary and Curtis Peters; mother and father-in-law, B. H. and 
Marti Toney; brother, Aaron Porter and sister Adrienne Porter; two 
nephews, Benjamine and Travis Porter and one niece, Kayla Toney.  Also 
survived by his maternal grandparents, Walter and Wilma Wyatt of 
Tallulah, LA and paternal grandparents, Aubrey and Thelma Porter of 
Benton, LA along with numerous other relatives.,

Pallbearers will be Cleatus Ross, Shawn Toney, Eric Overby, Shawn 
Hudson, Lloyd Wyatt, and Boyd Wyatt.  Honorary pallbearers will be 
Walter Wyatt, Jr., Richard Porter and Victor Porter.

The family would like to thank the Bossier Parish Sherriff's Dept. for 
the love, support, and devotion to Deputy Porter and his family; and 
thanks to Bossier Medical Center Hospice for their tender loving care.