Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, Mattie Simmons, 1919 

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MATTIE SIMMONS CROWDER PORTER

   Mrs. Mattie Simmons Porter died at her home here Wednesday, April 16th, in 
her forty-second year, after an illness of two weeks.

   The funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. W.R. Evans, at the 
Newsoms M.E. Church.

   Very young in life she united herself with the church and lived a 
consecrated Christian life.  She was twice married; Her first husband, Mr. 
(Charles F.) Crowder, dying several years ago.  She afterwards married Mrs. 
Willie J. Porter.  Mrs. Porter was very regular in her attendance to church 
and her empty pew will cast a cloud of gloom upon her relatives and friends.

   Kind hands and loving hearts did what they could to comfort her until her 
gentle spirit took its flight to rejoin loved ones gone before.  She is 
survived by her husband, Mr. W.J. Porter, an aged father, Mr. F.T. Simmons, 
nine children, Mrs. J.H. Pope, Boykin, Mr. C.T. Crowder, Franklin, Mr. H.A. 
Crowder, Miss Marian Crowder, Amos, Willie, Bennie, Harvey, and Corinne Porter 
of Newsoms; four sisters, Mrs. G.W. Ellis, Newsoms, Mrs. C.B. Felts, and Mrs. 
B.C. Butler, Rosemary, N.C. and Mrs. Logan Bland, Berkley, Va.; and one 
brother, Mr. S.J. Simmons, of Norfolk.

   In the family cemetery beneath a profusion of flowers the body was laid to 
rest to sleep that dreamless sleep "from which none ever wakes"


Mattie (SIMMONS CROWDER; Mrs. Willie J.) PORTER, 
d. 16 Apr 1919, at home, age 42, 
interred in the family cemetery*, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 2, 1919, p. 8 

*Apparently her remains were moved to Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms, where she 
    is marked with husband Willie (1863-1948); three of their sons are also 
    buried there, as is her father.
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
    Hollywood list (N-55):
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt

Additional information: 

Charles F. Crowder, 20, s, North Carolina, So.Co., 
   s/o Tom and Martha Crowder, Farmer 
m. 05-23-1894 Whitehead’s Church by Rev. W.E. Allen 
Mattie T. Simmons, 16, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Frank T. and Martha Simmons 
(Southampton Co. MB8:210; transcribed and annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.txt) 

WILLIE J. PORTER, 46, W, SO.CO., SO.CO., FARMER, 
   S/O W. HENRY AND ANN PORTER 
M. 03-18-1909 NEWSOMS, SO.CO., VA. BY REV. E.V. CARSON 
MATTIE SIMMONS CROWDER, 35, W, SO.CO., SO.CO., 
   D/O FRANK T. AND MARTHA SIMMONS 
(Southampton Co. MB13:409; transcribed and annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb13pt.txt) 

Her widower's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 19, 1948, p. 11) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p636w3ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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