Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Porter, Randolph G., 1968 

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RANDOLPH G. PORTER 

  BOYKINS - Randolph Gray Porter, 57, died early Sunday in a Franklin 
hospital. 

  A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Effie Worrell 
Porter and a son of the late Thomas Henry and Mrs. Virginia Gray Porter. 

  He was an accountant and a past 4th District vice commander of the American 
Legion, Department of Virginia.  He was a member of Boykins Baptist Church. 

  He was a Navy veteran of World War II. 

  Besides his widow, surviving are a brother, Lewis T. Porter, and a sister, 
Mrs. Lizzie P. Simmons, both of Boykins. 

  A funeral service was conducted at 2 p.m. today in Boykins Baptist Church 
by the Rev. Ben B. Ussery.  Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, with 
McDowell Funeral Home in charge. 


Randolph Gray PORTER, accountant, Navy Reserves veteran of WW-II, 
b. 19 Apr 1910, Boykins, d. 31 Mar 1968, Franklin, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 4 Apr 1958, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 79, Apr. 1, 1968, p. 8, col. 2 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list (AX1-D-2): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

Birthplace from WW-II draft card & D.Cert. 68-007467  

His widow died in a house fire 21 Nov 1968.  (D.Cert. 68-034806) 


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