Individual Details
James Loyce Porter
(23 Jan 1899 - 10 Oct 1981)
On the 1920 U. S. Census of Horsehead Township, Harmony Dist., Johnson Co., Arkansas, James L. [A.], appears with his wife Ola and son Lyle. Lyle is 2/12 old. James is a farmer.
On the 1930 U. S. Census of Horsehead Township, Johnson Co., Arkansas, James, appears with his wife Ola and children Lyall, Buel, Trixie and Gus. James is a farmer and Lyall works as a farm laborer. James is a veteran of WW I.
Obituary of 10-14-1981 in Graphic Newspaper, Johnson Co., AR--James L. Porter, aged 82 of Clarksville died Saturday in the Johnson County Regional Hospital. The son of the late Augustus and Marvilla Gardner Porter, he was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, a retired farmer and miner and a Veteran of World War I where he served in the Army's Volunteer Company L. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Varnell Porter, four sons, Bill Porter and Buel Porter of Clarksville, Lyall Porter of Harmony and Gus Porter of Quincy, Calif; one daughter Trixie Buchanan of Phoenix, Ariz., two step-sons, John Lee of Russellville, and Wendell Lee of Clarksville, and 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Harmony Presbyterian Church with Elder Garvin Green officiating. Burial was in Harmony Cemetery under the direction of Cox Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Sidney Garrett, James Ogilvie, Joe Porter, Seth Bennett, Ferrell King and Heartsill Bean.
Social Security Death Index:
Individual: Porter, James
Birth date: 23 Jan, 1899
Death date: Oct 1981
Social Security #: 430-07-1558
Last residence: AR 72830
State of issue: AR
Zip of last payment: 72830
On the 1930 U. S. Census of Horsehead Township, Johnson Co., Arkansas, James, appears with his wife Ola and children Lyall, Buel, Trixie and Gus. James is a farmer and Lyall works as a farm laborer. James is a veteran of WW I.
Obituary of 10-14-1981 in Graphic Newspaper, Johnson Co., AR--James L. Porter, aged 82 of Clarksville died Saturday in the Johnson County Regional Hospital. The son of the late Augustus and Marvilla Gardner Porter, he was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, a retired farmer and miner and a Veteran of World War I where he served in the Army's Volunteer Company L. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Varnell Porter, four sons, Bill Porter and Buel Porter of Clarksville, Lyall Porter of Harmony and Gus Porter of Quincy, Calif; one daughter Trixie Buchanan of Phoenix, Ariz., two step-sons, John Lee of Russellville, and Wendell Lee of Clarksville, and 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Harmony Presbyterian Church with Elder Garvin Green officiating. Burial was in Harmony Cemetery under the direction of Cox Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Sidney Garrett, James Ogilvie, Joe Porter, Seth Bennett, Ferrell King and Heartsill Bean.
Social Security Death Index:
Individual: Porter, James
Birth date: 23 Jan, 1899
Death date: Oct 1981
Social Security #: 430-07-1558
Last residence: AR 72830
State of issue: AR
Zip of last payment: 72830
Events
| Birth | 23 Jan 1899 | Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 23 Jul 1918 | Clarksville, Johnson Co., Arkansas - Ola Miracle | | ||
| Marriage | Aft 1966 | Varnell Carter | |||
| Death | 10 Oct 1981 | Clarksville, Johnson Co., Arkansas | | ||
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| Burial | Harmony Cemetery, Harmony, Johnson Co., Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Ola Miracle (1899 - 1966) |
| Child | Lyall Clifton Porter (1919 - 2014) |
| Child | Buel Porter (1923 - 2001) |
| Child | Trixie Jerlene Porter (1925 - 2007) |
| Child | Gus Haskin Porter (1929 - 1996) |
| Child | Bill Porter (1931 - 1992) |
| Spouse | Varnell Carter (1905 - 1998) |
| Father | Augustus Franklin Porter (1873 - 1948) |
| Mother | Marvilla Gardner (1876 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Charles Emmett Porter (1892 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Effie B. Porter (1894 - 1979) |
Endnotes
1. Graphic Newspaper, Johnson Co., Arkansas, 10-14-1981.
2. 1930 Census Johnson Co., Arkansas.
3. Ancestry.com.
4. Graphic Newspaper, Johnson Co., Arkansas, 10-14-1981.
5. Graphic Newspaper, Johnson Co., Arkansas.