THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, November 21, 1995 TAG: 9511210253
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
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Virgie Bryant Porter, 89, formerly of the Sunbeam area of Southampton County, died Nov. 19, 1995, in Henrico Doctors' Hospital, Richmond.
A native of Boykins, she was the daughter of the late W.C. and Annquella Bailey Bryant. She was the widow of Simpson Edgar Porter. She was a graduate of Farmville State Teachers College and was a former teacher. She was a member of the Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church, where she was a longtime Sunday school teacher. Mrs. Porter was a past worthy matron of the Franklin Chapter 128 of the Order of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by a daughter, Shirley Porter Carden of Cumberland; three grandsons, Richard P. Carden II of Mechanicsville, Va., W. David Carden and John E. Carden of Cumberland; a granddaughter, Susan Carden Lipscomb of Cumberland; and six great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Southampton Memorial Park, where Eastern Star rites will be accorded. The family will receive friends at 2 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home prior to the funeral, and suggests memorials be made to the Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church or Franklin Chapter 128 of the Order of the Eastern Star.
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