Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, Ernest February 12, 1985 ************************************************ 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: Deborah VanDeveer http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008482 March 29, 2025, 4:01 pm The Virginian-Pilot, Friday, February 15, 1985 NORFOLK - Ernest Porter, 55, of 919 Druid Circle, Apartment 3, a native of Suffolk, died Monday in a hospital. Mr. Porter had been a merchant seaman for 39 years. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Porter; three daughters, Barbara Stephens and Linda Perter, both of Norfolk, and Jean Shepard of Houston; five sons, Raymond Williams, Roland Williams and Donald Porter, all of Norfolk, Cayton Porter of Portsmouth and Ronald M. Williams of Italy; two sisters, Emma Slade and Lillie Johnson, and two brothers, Jerry Porter and Herbert Porter, all of Portsmouth; and 10 grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Garden of Prayer Church of God in Christ no. 3 by Elder Cornelius Purkett. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will begin today in Twilight Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel, where a wake service will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. today. The family will assemble at 1 p.m. Saturday at the residence. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/p/porter18942gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb