OCTOBER 1, 1923 – APRIL 29, 2011
ANDERSON, SC – James Edward Porterfield, age 87, of 3408 Wilmont Street, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Rainey Hospice House.
Born October 1, 1923, in Anderson County, he was a son of the late Hollis Porterfield and Evie Graham King. Mr. Porterfield served in the United States Army during World War II. He retired from the textiles industry having been a Supervisor at Gluck Mill for many years. He was also the owner of Porterfield’s Garage. A faithful member of Homeland Park Baptist Church, Mr. Porterfield had formerly served as Chairman of the Deacons as well as Superintendent of Sunday Schools. He was a fifty year Mason.
Survivors include his beloved wife of nearly sixty-five years, Mary Christine Deal Porterfield; brother, Joe King and wife, Ruth of Westminster, SC; sisters: Sudie Moore of Seneca, SC, Blanche Hohnerlein of Anderson, SC, Nancy Crowe and husband, Robert of Anderson, SC, and Montez Wood and husband, Donnie of Fair Play, SC; sister-in-law, Ilean King Mason of Walhalla, SC; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by sisters: Helen Clardy and Dora “Tommie” King; brothers: Jack Jellette King, Sr., Boyce Blant King, and DeWitt Porterfield; stepfather, Wayne King; stepbrothers: Carl King, Bub King, and S.P. King; sister-in-law, Ann Porterfield; and brothers-in-law, Harold Moore, James King, and Dalton Clardy.
The Funeral Service will be held at 3pm on Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Homeland Park Baptist Church conducted by the Reverend Larry Cox, the Reverend Wayne Dickard, and the Reverend U.C. Neill. The Entombment Service will be conducted by the Reverend Sam Duncan and Military Honors provided by the US Army, Ft. Gordon, will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.
The family is at the home of Robert & Nancy Crowe, 104 East Roosevelt Drive, Anderson, and will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home from 4pm until 6pm on Saturday, April 30, 2011. Mr. Porterfield will be placed into the Church at 2pm on Sunday.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621, or to Homeland Park Baptist Church, 3010 Abbeville Highway, Anderson, SC 29624.
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THE McDOUGALD FUNERAL HOME, Anderson.