Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, Bertha Drake, 1953 

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BERTHA DRAKE PORTER 

   Mrs. John Fletcher Porter, 68, a lifelong resident of Southampton County, 
died at her home in Newsoms on Saturday, February 14, after several years of 
failing health.

   Mrs. Porter was the widow of John Fletcher Porter and daughter of the late 
William H. and Fannie Bunn Drake of the Newsoms community.  She was a member 
of the Newsoms Methodist Church and of its Woman's Society of Christian 
Service.

   Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. Meredith W. Hayes and Mrs. Virginia 
P. Wyatt, both of Norfolk, and Mrs. Ernest Cogsdale of Newsoms; two grandsons; 
one brother, Willard Drake of Hampton; and a sister, Miss Rosa Drake of 
Newsoms.

   Final rites for Mrs. Porter were conducted on Monday afternoon at 2:30 
o'clock at the grave in Newsoms Cemetery.  Officiating were Revs. O.L. 
Gochenour and R.L. Chadwick.  The pallbearers were David T. Drake, Dr. J.J. 
Grizzard, D.B. Rountree, D.V. Story, L.L. Story, and J.Q. Worrell.


Bertha (DRAKE; Mrs. John F.) PORTER, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., 
d. 14 Feb 1953, at home, Newsoms, age 68, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 16 Feb 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 20, 1953 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-54): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 21, 1947, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p636j4ob.txt 


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