The Whitewright Sun
Thursday, August 17, 1939
pg. 8

Mrs. Ethel Alice Porter, 58, wife of P.M. Porter, Sherif of Grayson County, died at her home, 223 N. Highland, Sherman, Wednesday night of last week.  She had been ill of a heart ailment for several weeks.
Funeral services were held at the residence with Dr. J.A. Ellis, pastor of First Baptist Church of Sherman, officiating.  Burial was in West Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Porter was born September 5, 1880 in Plainview community, Grayson county, daughter of Will C. and Alice Whitley Elliott.  She was married at Sherman November 7, 1897, to Pleas M. Porter, who survived her.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Porter is survived by her husband; 3 sons, Joe M. and George W. Porter of Sherman; and SIdney P. Porter of Alhamba, California; 2 daughters, Mrs. Pat Brackett of Gainesville and Miss Loyce Porter of Sherman; one brother, Lee Elliott of Sherman; 4 sisters, Mrs. Walter Keys and Mrs. Glenn Phillips of Sherman; Mrs. John Caldwell of Marionville, Missouri; and Mrs. Bert Wallen of Los Angeles, California; and 5 grandchildren.
Pallbearers were G. Prentice Gafford, Merle Dicken, Fitzhugh Mangrum, Ollie Neathery and Virgil Evans of Denison.

FORMER GRAYSON COUNTY SHERIFF DIES 

Veteran law officer, Pleasant M. Porter, 79, one time sheriff of Grayson County, died Wednesday at 9 p.m. in a local hospital. He had been ill for the last three years. His home was 620 S. Charles. He was a Mason for 50 years.
Funeral was held Friday at 10:30 a.m. in Waldo Funeral Chapel. Rev. Orrin D. Reed, associate pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated.  Pallbearers were Hank Moody, John Harper, Fritz Mangrum, Charlie Steel, Ed Bilger, and Robert Dean. Burial was in West Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Porter was a native of Grayson County and son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Robert Porter. He was the husband of the late Ethel Alice Elliott Porter. Before moving back to Sherman in 1914, he served as city marshall in Hollis, Oklahoma for 15 years. He was a city policeman here for eight years and constable of Precinct 1 for 10 years. He was elected sheriff of Grayson County in 1939, serving two terms. Due to ill health, he retired in 1943. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and A.F.& A.M. Masonic Lodge 117.
Survivors are three sons, Joe M. Porter and George W. Porter, both of Shrman and Sidney P. Porter of Lynnwood, California; two daugters, Mrs. Pat Brackett of Gainesville, and Mrs. Sven Henningsen of Copehagen, Denmark; four brothers, Bill Porter, Jim Porter, and George Ed, all of Pottsboro and Charlie Porter of Denison; three sisters, Miss Lizzie Porter and Miss Lottie Porter of Pottsboro; Mrs. Harry Orr of Sherman; six grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

 

Graveside services for George William Porter, 80 year old retired machinist of 414 N. Binkley, who died Tuesday at a Sherman hospital, were held at 10 a.m. Thursday at West Hill Cemetery.  Rev. Richard Braun of the First Presbyterian Church officiated, with arrangements by Waldo Funeral Home.
Mr. Porter was born 26 October 1900 in Grayson County, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pleas Porter, and married Marguerite Engman on Febuary 17, 1923 in Sherman. He retired from Hardwicke-Etter Company in 1966 after working 42 years as a machnist.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War I and a member of the Travis Masonic Lodge 117 and the First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Bill (Marilyn) Haire of Spring; sisters, Mrs. Loyce Henningsen and Mrs. Pat Brackett, both of Gainesville; brother, Sidney Porter of South Gate, California; and one grand-daughter.

Sherman Democrat
March 7, 1978

Graveside services were held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at West Hill Cemetery for Mrs. Marguerite E. Porter, 77, housewife of 414 N. Binkley, who died Monday at a Sherman hospital.   Services were conducted by Rev. Richard Braun of the First Presbyterian Church, with burial under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home.
Mrs. Porter was born in 1901 at Durant, Oklahoma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Engman and married George William Porter February 17, 1923 in Sherman. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are her husband; daugher, Mrs. Marilyn Haire of Houston; and one grand-daughter.
Pallbearers were Kirk Eubanks, Bill Meredith, George Sofey, Tom Jefferson, Frank Bentley, Bob Wiley, Clyde L. Hall and Frank Trau.
The family requests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or the Masonic Children's Home.