Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, William H., 1957 

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WILLIAM HERMAN PORTER 

William H. Porter 

   William Herman Porter, 72, well known resident of Newsoms, died early 
Sunday morning, December 15, in Raiford Memorial Hospital, Franklin, after a 
short illness.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Martha Cook Porter of Newsoms, and the son of 
the late W. David and Mrs. Sally Cornwell Porter of Southampton County.  He 
was a retired farmer and a member of Mount Horeb Methodist Church.

   In addition to his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Annie 
Hedgepeth of Courtland, Mrs. Bessie Seldomridge of Franklin and Mrs. Arie 
Wilkins and Mrs. Lydia Griggs, both of Suffolk; three sons, W. Marvin Porter 
and Cecil Lawrence Porter of Franklin and Ray L. Porter of Handsom; 12 
grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. J.W. Sammons of 
Portsmouth; two brothers, A. Percy Porter and J.L. Porter, both of Newsoms, 
and one half-brother, J.D. Porter of Portsmouth.

   Funeral services were conducted Monday at 1 p.m., in the chapel of the 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by Rev. O.L. Gochenour, pastor of Mount 
Horeb Methodist Church.  Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were J. C. Story, John Worrell, Emmett E. Drake, Lee 
Raiford, Harry Fowler, Donald Rountree, Fred Worrell and James O'Berry.


"Willie" William Herman PORTER, of Newsoms, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 15 Dec 1957, Franklin, age 72, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 16 Dec 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 18, 1957, Sect. III, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-55): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His parents are buried in a PORTER family cemetery, off General Thomas Hwy. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-40): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 19, 1971, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p636m4ob.txt 

Their 1904 M.Cert. (Northampton Co., NC) gives Herman R. Porter. 


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