George Everett Porter, age 59, a farmer and dairyman was killed in a tractor accident near his home approximately four miles south of Rural Retreat late Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Porter was mowing hay at his home on Cedar Springs Road when the tractor he was using turned over on him. Two employees who were nearby came to his rescue but he died a few minutes later.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 today at Asbury Methodist Church with burial in the Fleming cemetery near Cripple Creek.
The Rev. R. A. Ireson and the Rev. M. G. Goodpasture officiated at the services.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Sutherland Porter, Rural Retreat; a son, Charles Everett Porter, Marion; two brothers, W. A. Porter and Robert S. Porter, Cripple Creek.
Lindsey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Published in the SW VA Enterprise, Wytheville, Virginia, Tuesday, September 20, 1966
Also see George Everett Porter
Mr. Porter was mowing hay at his home on Cedar Springs Road when the tractor he was using turned over on him. Two employees who were nearby came to his rescue but he died a few minutes later.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 today at Asbury Methodist Church with burial in the Fleming cemetery near Cripple Creek.
The Rev. R. A. Ireson and the Rev. M. G. Goodpasture officiated at the services.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Sutherland Porter, Rural Retreat; a son, Charles Everett Porter, Marion; two brothers, W. A. Porter and Robert S. Porter, Cripple Creek.
Lindsey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Published in the SW VA Enterprise, Wytheville, Virginia, Tuesday, September 20, 1966
Also see George Everett Porter
George Everett Porter, age 59, a farmer and dairyman was killed in a tractor accident near his home approximately four miles south of Rural Retreat late Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Porter was mowing hay at his home on Cedar Springs Road when the tractor he was using turned over on him. Two employees who were nearby came to his rescue but he died a few minutes later.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 today at Asbury Methodist Church with burial in the Fleming cemetery near Cripple Creek.
The Rev. R. A. Ireson and the Rev. M. G. Goodpasture officiated at the services.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Sutherland Porter, Rural Retreat; a son, Charles Everett Porter, Marion; two brothers, W. A. Porter and Robert S. Porter, Cripple Creek.
Lindsey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Published in the SW VA Enterprise, Wytheville, Virginia, Tuesday, September 20, 1966
Also see George Everett Porter
Mr. Porter was mowing hay at his home on Cedar Springs Road when the tractor he was using turned over on him. Two employees who were nearby came to his rescue but he died a few minutes later.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 today at Asbury Methodist Church with burial in the Fleming cemetery near Cripple Creek.
The Rev. R. A. Ireson and the Rev. M. G. Goodpasture officiated at the services.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Sutherland Porter, Rural Retreat; a son, Charles Everett Porter, Marion; two brothers, W. A. Porter and Robert S. Porter, Cripple Creek.
Lindsey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Published in the SW VA Enterprise, Wytheville, Virginia, Tuesday, September 20, 1966
Also see George Everett Porter
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