Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, Allen P., 1963 

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ALLEN PERCY PORTER

   NEWSOMS - Allen Percy Porter, 91, died Wednesday in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital after a long illness.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Sallie Bryant Porter and son of David and 
Mrs. Sallie C. Porter.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a member of Mt. Horeb Methodist 
Church.

   Surviving are two brothers, Gennie Lewis Porter of Newsoms and David 
Garrett Porter of Portsmouth and a sister, Mrs. Lulie Simmons of Portsmouth.

   A funeral service was conducted Friday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland 
and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. B.W. Coe of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church. 
Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were James Porter, J.L. Porter, Jr., Randolph Porter, Marvin 
Porter, Cecil Porter and Irving Porter.


Allen Percy PORTER, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 2 Jan 1963, Franklin, age 91, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 4 Jan 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 7, 1963, Sect. I, p. 4 

*Buried with his first wife; his widow is buried with her first husband. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-10&52): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His parents are buried in a PORTER family cemetery, off General Thomas Hwy. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-40): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 


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