Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, W. Marvin, 1982 

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WILLIE MARVIN PORTER

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for W. Marvin Porter, 75, was held Tuesday 
at 2 p.m. in High Street United Methodist Church by the Revs. Jeremy Galloway 
and Robert Fridley.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with Wright Funeral 
Home in charge of arrangements.

   Porter died Sunday in a hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Janie E. Porter.

   He was a retired owner of Ideal Barber Shop and was a member of High Street 
United Methodist Church, Franklin Lions Club, Woodmen of the World and Knights 
of Pythias.

   Other survivors include a daughter, Martha P. Williams of Colonial Heights; 
a son, Marvin Gilbert Porter of Franklin; four sisters, Annie P. Hedgepeth, 
Bessie P. Seldomridge and Lydia P. Griggs of Franklin and Arie P. Wilkins of 
Suffolk; two brothers, Ray Porter and Cecil Porter of Franklin; and five 
grandchildren.


Willie Marvin PORTER, retired owner of Ideal Barber Shop, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 30 May 1982, age 75, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 106*), Franklin, 
   1 Jun 1982, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 3, 1982, p. 6A 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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