Southampton-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, Sallie T. Edwards, 1952 

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SALLIE TEMPLE EDWARDS BRYANT PORTER 

   Mrs. Sallie Bryant Porter, 66, of the Newsoms community, died in a 
Charlottesville sanitarium early Saturday morning, January 26, after a 
long illness.

   Mrs. Porter was a daughter of the late Winfield and Mrs. Mary Temple 
Edwards of this county.  A member of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church, she 
was twice married.  Her first husband was John S. Bryant of Newsoms, 
who died a few years ago.  Her second husband was Allen Percy Porter, 
who survives her.

   Other survivors include four daughters, Mrs. O.R. Harrell of Suffolk, 
Mrs. J.H. Beale of Branchville, and Mrs. Lewis J. Smith and Mrs. Isaac M. 
Duncan, both of Norfolk; five sons, J. Sterling Bryant, Jr., Leslie P. 
Bryant and R.D. Bryant, all of Newsoms, W.R. Bryant of Portsmouth, and 
Pvt. James T. Bryant, AUS, a prisoner of war in North Korea; eight 
grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. J.M. Johnson of Carrsville and Mrs. 
P.A. Warren and Mrs. Tom Garrett, both of Petersburg; and four brothers, 
W.E., J.D., and H.E. Edwards of Petersburg and C.L. Edwards of Portsmouth.

   Final rites were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Mt. Horeb 
Church, with the pastor, Rev. R.B. Moore of Newsoms, officiating, assisted 
by Revs. J.S. Gresham of Suffolk and J.W. Felton of Portsmouth.  Burial was 
in Newsoms Cemetery, with Walter R. Bishop, Aaron Bradshaw, Benjamin J. 
Bryant, Thomas C. Cutchins, James A. Ferguson, Harry E. Fowler, Herman W. 
Porter and John R. Worrell acting as pallbearers.


Sallie Temple (EDWARDS BRYANT; Mrs. Allen P.) PORTER, of Newsoms, 
Prince George Co. native, d. 26 Jan 1952, Charlottesville, age 66, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 28 Jan 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 1, 1952, p. 7 

*Buried with her first husband, John Sterling BRYANT. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-10): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Allen is also buried there, with his first wife. (N-52) 

John's obit ("Tidewater News," June 12, 1936, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653j16o.txt 


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