THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, January 11, 1997 TAG: 9701110474
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
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Gerlene E. Porter, 63, of the 2300 block of Elizabeth Harbor Drive, died Jan. 8, 1997.
She was an usher of Union Bethel Baptist Church, Jolliff.
Survivors include a daughter, Belzenia Carney; two sons, Ecclesiastes Carney and Marcella Carney; three sisters, Dorothy Elliott, Inell Bunch, Maggie Blake; two brothers, Roeshell Carney, Hosea Carney; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday in Union Bethel Baptist Church, Jolliff, by the Rev. Ralph Harris. Burial will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Suffolk. Fisher Funeral Home is handling arrangements. The family will assemble at 900 Fifth St., Apt. A, Portsmouth.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY