Obit of James Luke Porter (p636) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 3 Aug 2002 ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ====================================================================== James Luke Porter was born April 12, 1923, to Henry and Betty Hatley Porter. He died June 7, 2002 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born and grew to manhood, five miles northwest of Durham, Oklahoma on the farm where his Grandfather Porter staked a claim in the C. and A. Land Run on April 19, 1892. J.L. graduated from Durham High School in 1940. He then went to Chicago where he attended Coyne Electrical School. After finishing the training he went to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he worked many years in construction as an Electrician. Memberships include the Local 584 Union, Masonic Lodge #71, Tulsa Scottish Rite, Akdar Shrine and was active in the Akdar Shrine bowling league. Survivors include wife, Edna L. Porter; daughter, Peggy Porter Tierney, Silver Springs, Maryland, Jeanie Vaughn, Tulsa, Joey Walfe, Tulsa and Sandy Staica, Cerritas, California; son James Scott Porter, Yakima, WA; 15 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren; 1 brother, Henry Porter, Jr., Durham, Oklahoma; sisters, Mary Frances Fielding and Pauline Lippencott, Cheyenne, Ok; nieces, Jan Bailey, Strong City, Oklahoma and Donna Horton, Rutland, Vermont; nephews, Terry Fielding, Pago Pago, Samoa and Steve Lippencott, Cheyenne, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Betty Porter. Funeral services was Tuesday June 11, 2002 in the Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, officiaated by Reverend Merton Leigh. Burial followed at Garden of Apostles, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 20-Jun-2002