Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, Lonnie L., 1969 

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LONNIE LESTER PORTER 

   NEWSOMS - A funeral service for Lonnie Lester Porter was conducted Monday 
at 3 p.m. in McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, by the Rev. Harry Bunch and the 
Rev. John W. Williams.  Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were J.T. Story, Eppa Prince, Roy Bradshaw, Lloyd Taylor, 
James Fuller, Thomas W. Johnson, George Cook and Bennie Bunn.

   Porter, 74, died Saturday morning in his home.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Willie James and Mrs. 
Juliet James Porter and the husband of Mrs. Lorena Miles Porter.

   He was a member of Newsoms United Methodist Church and Woodmen of the 
World.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons, James H. Porter and Walter 
L. Porter of Newsoms and Raymond L. Porter of Franklin; three brothers, B.F. 
Porter and Harvey Porter of Newsoms and Willie J. Porter Jr. of Roanoke 
Rapids, N.C.; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Mawyer of Richmond; and three 
grandchildren.


Lonnie Lester PORTER, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 3 May 1969, at home, near Newsoms, age 74, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 5 May 1969, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 8, 1969, p. 7 

*Buried with his first wife; his father & step-mother are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-54&55): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His first wife's obits ("Tidewater News," May 3 & 10, 1946) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p636m3ob.txt 

Lonnie's widow 2m. widower Rev. Carroll H. BEALE; 
   they are buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list (PS-ANX2-184): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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