THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, December 27, 1994 TAG: 9412270022
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
Nellie Mae Porter, 72, of the 1000 block of Rugby St., a retired private duty nurse, died Dec. 21, 1994, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Mrs. Porter was a member of Jerusalem Baptist Church and the daughter of the late Edward Jones.
Survivors include her husband, Herbert H. Porter; four daughters, Nellie M. Wood, Gail Burke, Rosa Harris and Mary Bowser; a son, William Porter; her mother, Mary Jones Drake; three sisters, Maggie Barringer, Margie Blount and Odessa King; two brothers, Joseph Drake of Norfolk and Calvin Drake of New York; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and a host of family and friends.
A funeral will be conducted at noon Wednesday in Jerusalem Baptist Church, Norfolk, by the Rev. Thomas Venable. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. A wake service will be held at Hale Funeral Home from 7 to 8 p.m. today.
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