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Submitted: 6/20/21 • Approved: 6/20/21 • Last Updated: 6/23/21 • R429610-G429608-S3
November 26, 1906-December 22, 1994
Order of Eastern Star
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Eva Grayum Porter, 88, Borger, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 1994 in her home.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m today at First Christian Church with the Rev. Tom Harrison, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
A native of Sapulpa, Okla., she had been a Borger resident for 42 years. She was a housewife, member of First Christian Church, and Order of Eastern Star No. 811.
She was preceded in death by a son, Ray Grayum in 1948; her first husband, Frank Grayum in 1976; her second husband, J.J. Porter in 1992; and two sisters.
Survivors include two daughters, Elinora Argo of Borger; and Billie Roberts of Lorena; a brother, Bob Rice of Sacramento, Calif.; 9 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Aaron Argo, Larry Don Argo, John Wylie, James Wylie, Brian Swinney, Larry Argo, Gary Argo, and Kenneth Argo.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 23, 1994)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Eva Porter
Death Date: 22 Dec 1994
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Eva Mae Porter
[Eva M Grayum]
[Eva Porter]
[Eva Mae Cummings]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1906
Birth Place: Sapulpa, Oklahoma
[Sapulpa|]
Death Date: 22 Dec 1994
Father: Emmett Cummings
Mother: Ella F Lynch
Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen.
Claim Date: 12 Sep 1968
Type of Claim: Duplicate SSN - change or replacement.
Signature on SSN Card: EVA MAE GRAYUM
Additional Information: Duplicate request; evidence of identity only submitted.
Notes: 27 Feb 1992: Name listed as EVA MAE PORTER; 11 Sep 1968: Name listed as EVA M GRAYUM; 30 Dec 1994: Name listed as EVA PORTER
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