Obituaries: Artie Puckitt Porter, 1962, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 1, 1962 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For Mrs. R. Porter Held January 30

Funeral services for Mrs. Rardon Porter, 82, member of a pioneer and prominent
Winn Parish family, were conducted at the Union Baptist Church Tuesday,
January 30, with the Rev. Leland Swanner of Jonesboro and Rev. Willie Jones,
pastor, officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Hixson Funeral Home. 
Acting as pallbearers were Jury Smith, A. B. Evans, John T. Porter, Billie
Dickerson, Hezzie Porter, and Buddy Ashcroft.

Mrs. Porter died in a Winnfield hospital Sunday at 8 p.m. following a long
illness.

She was the former Miss Artie Puckitt and was a lifelong resident of Winn
Parish and was active in the religious life of the community until ill health
forced her to retire.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. O. O. Dickerson, Winnfield, Mrs. Murden
Ashcroft, Minden, Mrs. J. B. Evans, Monroe, and Mrs. J. E. Griffin of
Alexandria; four sons, George and James I. Porter, Winnfield, Hezzie Porter,
Houston, Texas, and A. W. Porter of Birmingham, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Sibbie
Craft, Shreveport, and Mrs. Rabie Wade, San Francisco, Calif.; 21
grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.