Obituaries: Howard A. "Dick" Porter, 1978, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 15, 1978 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Rites Held Tuesday For Winnfield Merchant

Funeral services for Howard A. "Dick" Porter, 81, of Winnfield, were held at
10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church here with the Revs. Calvin Phelps,
W. R. Gage, and Charles Haley officiating.

Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Winnfield under the direction
of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Mr. Porter died Saturday, March 11, 1978 in a local hospital after a brief
illness.  He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield, the
Winnfield Chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a Mason, owner of Dixie
Drug Store in Winnfield for the past 53 years and the oldest retail merchant
in Winnfield.

Survivors include two sons, Howard A. Porter, Jr., of Gray and Gene W. Porter
of El Dorado, Ark.; one daughter, Mrs. Elaine Porter Martin of Winnfield; one
sister, Mrs. W. W. Craven of Ingleside, Texas; 15 grandchildren, two great-
great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Ed Hall, Harmon Porter, Earl Denning, Don Thompson, Buddy
Wood, Harper Terrill.  Honorary pallbearers were E. J. Buchanan, Cas D. Moss,
T. A. Ferrell, Melvin James, and Robert Heard.