Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, Amos, 1966 

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AMOS PORTER

   BOYKINS - A funeral service for Amos Porter was conducted Monday at 2 p.m. 
in McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, by the Rev. Ben B. Ussery assisted by the 
Rev. Harold Heath.  Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Hayes Crowder, Jr., Marvin Cooke, Raymond Porter, James 
Porter, Clifton Vick, Harvey Porter Jr., Leroy Griffin and M.C. Amos.

   Porter, 55 died Saturday after a heart attack.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of the late Mrs. Lillie 
Vick Porter and a son of Willie J. and Mrs. Mattie Simmons Porter.

   He was a farmer. 

   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Mattie Fuller of Emporia, Mrs. 
Catherine Pope of Winton, N.C., and Mrs. Jackie Ferguson of Boykins; two sons 
James T. Porter and Roy W. Porter of Boykins; four brothers, Benjamin F. 
Porter, Harvey Porter and Lonnie L. Porter of Newsoms, and Willie James Porter 
of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Pettaway of Richmond, Mrs. 
Johnnie Pope of Carrsville, and Mrs. Spurgeon Parnell of Roanoke Rapids; and 
five grandchildren.


Amos PORTER, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 15 Oct 1966, age 55, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 17 Oct 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 20, 1966, p. 13 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-52): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His wife's obits ("Virginian-Pilot," Apr. 6, 1964, & 
   "Tidewater News." Apr. 9, 1964) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p636l1ob.txt 


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