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Thomas Wilson Porter

Male 1918 - 2001  (82 years)


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  • Name Thomas Wilson Porter 
    Born 9 Sep 1918  Wythe Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation New Jersey Zinc Company employee 
    Religion Methodist 
    _UID C71994753E8ED84286B4AAC551DD35886372 
    Died 17 Jun 2001  Wytheville (Wythe Co.) VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 20 Jun 2001  Davis Cemetery, Wythe Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • ÒDescendants of James PorterÓ by Susan Arnold [2004]: ÔThomas
      Wilson PORTER (Thomas Hall-8, Henry Alexander Wise-7, Samuel
      Ewing "Hutch"-6, Samuel Ewing, Sr.-5, Andrew-4, Robert-3,
      Andrew-2, James-1) was born on September 9, 1918 in Wythe Co.,
      VA. He died on June 17, 2001 in Wythe Co., VA. Thomas Wilson
      Porter, 82, of Austinville, Va., died Sunday, June 17, 2001, in
      the Wythe County Community Hospital, Wytheville, Va. Funeral
      services will be held Wednesday, June 20, at 2 pm at the Huddle
      Memorial United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jeff Callahan,
      the Rev., Joe Carrico and the Rev. John Jenkins officiating.
      Interment will follow in the Davis Cemetery. Ivanhoe Masonic
      Lodge No. 235, AF&AM, will conduct graveside Masonic rites. The
      body will be taken to the church one hour before service time.
      He was born in Wythe County, VA, a son of the late Thomas Hall
      Porter and Lula Hazel Taylor Porter. He was retired from the New
      Jersey Zinc Company and a member of Huddle Memorial United
      Methodist Church where he served as Sunday school teacher and
      superintendent. He was a member of Ivanhoe Masonic Lodge No.
      235, AF&AM where he served as past master, district deputy
      master and current treasurer. He was preceded in death by his
      first wife, Geneva Groseclose Porter; a sister Katherine
      Harrington James; and three brothers, Marvin A. Porter, Howard
      W. Porter, and Morris D. Porter. Survivors include his wife,
      Edith Reynolds Porter of the home; one son and daughter-in-law,
      Eddie and Mary Porter of Eagles Nest Road, Ivanhoe, Va; two
      daughters and a son-in-law, Fay Porter of Huddles Road,
      Wytheville, Va., and Paula and David Sheffey of Blue Sky Road,
      Wytheville, Va; three stepchildren and their spouses, Barbara
      and Mac King of Virginia Beach, Va., Linda and Buddy Shinault of
      Austinville, Va., and Dreama and Steve Via of Radford, Va.; five
      sisters and brothers-in-law, Dot Porter of Wytheville, Va.,
      Ninna P. and Sid Smith of Richmond, Va., Betty Wade of Roanoke
      (Roanoke City) VA., Marie and Walter Payne of Max Meadows, Va.
      and Betty Wade of Roanoke (Roanoke City) VA., Marie and Walter
      Payne of Max Meadows, VA., and Audrey P and Duane Jonas of
      Wytheville, Va.; nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren,
      one great-great-grandchild, six step-grandchildren, one
      great-stepgrandchild, and several nieces and nephew. The family
      will receive friends Tuesday, June 19, from 6-8pm. at the Reese
      Funeral Home in Austinville, Va., or at the residence at any
      time. Reese Funeral Home in Austinville, Va., is in charge of
      the arrangements. He was buried on June 20, 2001 in Davis
      Cemetery, Wythe County, VA. He was married to Genevia Georgia
      GROSECLOSE (daughter of Thomas Boyd GROSECLOSE and Grace WHITE)
      on May 22, 1938 in Wythe Co., VA. Genevia Georgia GROSECLOSE was
      born on January 31, 1920 in Wythe Co., VA. According to the
      marriage record; she would have been born in 1917. She died on
      March 22, 1958. She was buried in Davis Cemetery, Rt. #646,
      Cripple Creek, Wythe Co., VA. Thomas Wilson PORTER and Genevia
      Georgia GROSECLOSE had the following children:

      +575 i. Eddie PORTER.

      576 ii. Fay PORTER.

      +577 iii. Paula PORTER.Õ
    Person ID I84254  Ellingham
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2004 

    Father Thomas Hall Porter,   b. 10 Oct 1893, Wythe Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1979, Max Meadows (Wythe Co.) VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Lula Lola Hazel, Taylor/,   b. ?, ?VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ?, ?Max Meadows (Wythe Co.) VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1918  ?VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Geneva Groseclose,   b. ?, ?VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ?, ?Wythe Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married ?VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Eddie Porter
     2. Fay Porter
     3. Paula Porter
    Family ID F32230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Edith Reynolds,   b. ?, ?VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 2001, ?Wytheville (Wythe Co.) VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married ?Wythe Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F20322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




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