Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, John F., 1947 

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JOHN FLETCHER PORTER 

   John Fletcher Porter, aged 68, a farmer residing in the Newsoms community, 
died unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday morning, November 18, of a heart 
attack.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Bertha Drake Porter of Newsoms, the son of the 
late Robert and Martha Porter of Southampton County, and a member of the 
Newsoms Methodist Church.

   Surviving him are his widow, three daughters, Mrs. Meredith Wood Hayes and 
Mrs. Clyde Wyatt of  451 Massachusetts Avenue, Norfolk, and Mrs. Ernest 
Coggsdale of Newsoms; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Blow of Portsmouth and Miss 
Essie Porter of Severn, N.C.; three grandchildren and several nephews and 
nieces.

   Funeral services for Mr. Porter were conducted from the Newsoms Methodist 
Church on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. John W. 
Morrison, assisted by Rev. F.L. Baker of Richmond.  Interment was in Newsoms 
cemetery, the pallbearers being Richard Darden, Jr., Richard V. Railey, John 
Q. Worrell, E. Beale Carter, R.B. Story, Jr., L.D. Story, J.T. Story, Jr., 
and George Prince.


John Fletcher PORTER, Newsoms farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 18 Nov 1947, at home, age 68, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 19 Nov 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 21, 1947, p. 14 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 20, 1953) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p636b4ob.txt 


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