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I 'm pleased to welcome you to my blog "Obituaries", which I started last year, going back about five years to extract obituaries from The News-Reporter pertaining to the deaths of people related to me, friends of mine, or just people I've known or should have known.

William T. Johnson

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

William Marshall Porterfield

Funeral services for William Marshall "W.M." Porterfield, 78, of Swann Road, Rayle, were held Friday, June 15, 2007, at Hopkins Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Cates officiating. Interment was in Resthaven Cemetery. He died Tuesday, June 12, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Augusta.

Mr. Porterfield was a native of Wilkes County and had lived here all his life. He was a carpenter and was a United States Army veteran, having served from 1952 until 1955.

Survivors include his wife, Mary M. Porterfield of Rayle; a sister, Elizabeth P. Lamar of Washington; and two step-daughters, Jo Ann Stewart of Sylvania, and Janice Mercer of Barnwell, S.C.

Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington was in charge of arrangements.
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