"Mixing smiles and tears, William Porter accepts a piece of luggage as a gift from fellow employees as he becomes the first person to retire at Conway Oil Co. in Denison since it was established here in 1951. ([Photograph 2012.201.B1060.0143], photograph, March 13, 1957; ( gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc546052/: accessed October 13, 2018), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.)

Pottsboro - Funeral services was held Saturday afternoon in the First Baptist Church, Pottsboro, for William (Bill) Porter 68, of Sherman route3, a farmer and stockman, who died at 11 a.m. Thursday in his home.  Rev. Carol Shaw and Rev. R.P.Bryan of Fort Worth, Baptist minister, conducted the services. Burial was in the Enterprise Cemetery, directed by Waldo Funeral Home, Sherman.
Mr. Porter was born on February 10, 1890, a son of tGeorge and Gracie Shankles Porter. In 1915 he married Miss Ova Terry. Mr. Porter was a life long resident of Pottsboro, had worked for Kraft Food Co. for many years, and for Conway Oil Company before retiring two years ago. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors are his wife; one son, B.R. Porter of Garland; two daughters, Mrs. Jack Thompson of Sherman, route 3 and Mrs. Percy Morton of Denison; 3 brothers, J.R. Porter of Sherman, and C.H. Porter and Ed Porter both of Denison; 3 sisters, Mrs. H. E. Orr of Sherman, and Miss Lizzie and Miss Lottie Porter both of Denison; 4 grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Services for Ova Steele Porter, 86, were held Thursday morning at the Pottsboro Baptis Church, with Rev. L.H. Sublett officiating. Burial was in Enterprise Cemetery, under the direction of Johnson-Moore Funeral Home.
Mrs. Porter a resident of Pottsboro, was born November 23, 1897, in the Enterprise Community, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.M. Terry. She received her schooling in Enterprise. She married William Porter in October 1914 in the Enterprise Community.  Mrs. Porter was a housewife, Baptist and member of the VFW Auxillary.
Survivors are a son, Bill of Gatlinburg, Tennessee; two daughters, Sallie Thompson of Sherman and Grace Morton of Denison; two brothers, John Morrison Terry of Sadler and A.S. Terry of Denison; two sisters, Lettie  Gibson of Houston and Zemmie Wilson of Pottsboro; 4 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Brad Lowe, Bill Terry Wilson, V.L. Wilson, Shelley Hall, Mack Hayes, and John Terry.

JIM PORTER DROPS DEAD AT POTTSBORO- 13 March 1960
Pottsboro - Jim R. Porter 75, of Pottsboro collapsed at 4:15 p.m. and was pronounced dead on arrival at Madonna Hospital in Denison a few minutes later.  Porter was rushed to the hospital in a Bratcher ambulance but to no avail; Judge Homer Gaddy was called upon to conduct an inquest and ruled death from natural causes.
A lifelong Pottsboro resident, Porter resided south of the city.  He was born May 20, 1884 at Pottsboro and married May Boggs there in 1905.  Porter was a retired farmer.  He was a brother of the late Pleas Porter, a former Grayson County Sheriff. Porter was a Baptist.
Survivors include two brothers, Ed and Charlie Porter, both of Denison; and three sisters, Mrs. H. E. Orr of Sherman and Miss Lizzie and Lottie Porter both of Denison.
Funeral services will be held in Hagerman Baptist Church Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Harold Cummings, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Enterprise Cemetery under the direction of Bratcher Funeral Home.


Funeral services for Mrs. J. R. Porter, who died Monday, September 21,1936 at her home in the Enterprise Community, were  held Tuesday afternoon.  Dannel-Scott Funeral Home in Sherman was in charge of the arrangements. Pallbearers were Curtis Terry, J.S. Terry, Otto Kusch, Hewitt Murrow, Sam Orr and Jim Tuel.
Mrs. Porter was born May 25, 1887 in Laclede County, Missouri and had been a resident of Grayson County for 25 years. She was married to James R. Porter October 26, 1905, at Pottsboro. She had been an active member of the Baptist Church for 35 years.
Surviving besides her husband are her mother, Mrs. Sarah Bell of Gouldbusk; one sister, Mrs. Dolly Myers of Gouldbusk and two brothers, James H. Boggs of Winnipeg, Missouri and Harrison Boggs of Chico, California.