Harris Co., TX - Obits: W. M. Porter ************************************************ Contributed for use in the Texas Archives by: David R. Brumbelow Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ W. M. Porter (AD 1906-1988) Name: Mr. W. M. Porter Residence: 915 Post, Houston, Texas (Harris County) Date of Birth: October 31, 1906 Place of Birth: Houston, Texas Passed Away: January 30, 1988 Age: 81 years Date of Service: Feb. 1, 1988 Hour: 11:00 A.M. - Monday Place of Service: Heights F. H. Chapel Place of Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery Clergy: Rev. Joe Brumbelow, pastor of North Side Baptist Church, Houston, TX Survived by: Wife: Mrs. Myrtle Porter Son in Law: Mr. Wayne G. Olin 2 Grandchildren: Kimberly Ann Bernhardt; Donna Sue Bevill 3 Great, Grandchildren: Stephen Craig Bevill; Michelle Lynne Head; Kourtney Joyce Head Handwritten on Clergy Record, “Pop Bill” and “Carey & Lisa, Vicki Forwood” [Foxwood?] “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” -John 14:1-6; The Bible. Scripture Rev. Joe Brumbelow often used in Funeral Services. A book about Rev. Brumbelow was published in 2005: The Wit and Wisdom of Pastor Joe Brumbelow, hannibalbooks.com. -submitted by his son, David R. Brumbelow, P.O. Box 300, Lake Jackson, TX 77566. nsbc77562@LWOL.com September 24, AD 2007. Sources: Clergy Record, given to officiating minister by the funeral home. Personal records of Joe E. Brumbelow.