Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, Martha L. Cook, 1971 

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MARTHA L. COOK PORTER 

   A funeral service for Mrs. Mattie Cook Porter, 89, of Courtland, was held 
Wednesday at 3 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Harry 
W. Bunch and Dr. R.E. Brittle.

   Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were William Britt, James O’Berry, Dewitt Wright, Irving 
Porter, J.L. Porter, Woodrow Wilson, Richard Forrester and George Cook.

   A native of Southampton County, she lived here most of her life.  She was 
the widow of Willie Herman Porter and a daughter of William and Mrs. Roxanna 
Gray Cook.

   She was a member of Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church and its Women’s 
Society of Christian Service.

   Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Anna P. Hedgepeth and Mrs. Lydia Griggs 
of Courtland, Mrs. Bessie P. Seldomridge of Franklin, and Mrs. Arie P. 
Wilkerson of Suffolk, three sons, W. Marvin Porter and Cecil Porter of 
Franklin, and Ray Porter of Handsom; three sisters, Mrs. A.R. Baggett of 
Suffolk, Mrs. J.Q. Worrell and Mrs. Ray Holloman of Newsoms; 12 grandchildren; 
and 25 great-grandchildren.


Martha "Mattie" Lou (COOK; Mrs. "Willie" H.) PORTER, of Courtland, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 16 Aug 1971, Suffolk, age 89, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 18 Aug 1971, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 19, 1971, p. 3 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-18&55): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 18, 1957, III-4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p636w1ob.txt 


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