Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Deming, Portius August 11, 1951 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Suzy Ward Fleming wardflemin@aol.com July 23, 2015, 5:01 am The Norfolk Virginian Pilot August 12, 1951 Portius Deming, Sr, 89, retired commission merchant, died yesterday at 3:50 p.m. at his residence, 869 West Ocean View Avenue. He had been in failing health several years. His sons, Portius Deming, Jr., and Warren H. Deming, operate the Deming Supply Company, an automotive parts supply firm. A native of Norfolk, his late parents were Edward Calvin and Mrs. Frances Ghiselin Deming. He was the husband of the late Mrs. Nellie Pool Deming. Besides his two sons, surviving are one daughter, Mrs. D.C. Cannon; two sisters, Misses Annie and Lucie Deming, all of Norfolk, and six grandchildren. The body will be taken from the Cox Funeral Home to Elmwood Cemetery for funeral services at the grave today at 4 p.m. by Dr. Frank L. Wells, pastor of the Riverfront Methodist Church. Additional Comments: Elmwood File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/d/deming8869gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb