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Submitted: 12/3/21 • Approved: 12/3/21 • Last Updated: 12/6/21 • R471768-G0-S3
1858-1936
Please see Porter Family Headstone
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
WHEELER, June 26 - J.M. Porter, 78, resident of Wheeler county since 1889, died at 7:30 this morning of a gunshot wound. The funeral will be conducted at the Methodist church here tomorrow at 4 o'clock, and burial will be in Wheeler cemetery.
Mrs. Porter and Miss Viola Jones, who lives in the Porter home, were in the house at the time of the shooting. They said Mr. Porter suddenly took a pistol, went to the porch, and shot himself.
Survivors are the widow and three children, Mrs. Cora Hall and Glen Porter of Wheeler, and Mrs. Caperton of Shamrock; a brother, Green Porter of Wheeler; a sister, Mrs. Bridewell, and five grandchildren.
Employed on the old Shelton ranch when he first came to the county, Mr. Porter later managed his own ranch. He had been living in the town of Wheeler for a number of years.
(Published in Pampa Daily News (Pampa, Texas) - Fri, Jun 26, 1936 - Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: I. M . Porter
Death Date: 26 May 1936 [incorrect transcription, original clearly show June 26 1936]
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 33671
Contributed on 12/3/21
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Record #: 471768