The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-18
DETAILED ACCOUNT
OF MRS. PORTER'S
DEATH SENT HERE
THE CITIZEN RECEIVES LET
TER AND CLIPPING: REV.
PORTER EXPECTS TO PAY
VISIT HERE THIS SPRING

The Citizen is in receipt of a
letter from Rev. T. j. Porter, at
Lebanon, KY, in which was en-
closed a clipping concerning Mrs
Porter's death, which was taken
from the Marion Falcon of Lee
banon, an account of which was
published in The Citizen at the
, time. Rev. Porter stated in his
letter that it was his and Mrs.
Porter's plan to visit Key West
this winter, but death interferred
with the arrangements. However.
he states, that he proposes to
visit Key West this coming spring.
The clipping, which gives a de-
tailed account Of Mrs. Porter'S
death, follows:
Mrs. Mary E. Pinder Porter,
wife of the Rev. DR.. T. ]. Porter,
pastor of the Lebanon Baptist
Church. died at the Baute Infirm-
airy at 7:40 o'clock Saturday eve
ming, January Is. She had been
at the Infirmary since the pre-
ceding Tuesday, having been TAX
en- there from her home when her
condition became critical. Blood
transfusions and other treatment
failed to aid her and she sank
steadily until the end. She had
been a sufferer from pernicious
anemia several years and was I'm
der treatment for this in Louis
vile hospital eight years ago, her
condition improving enough to
enable her to return home and
take up her accustomed duties,
but she never fully recovered.
Heart trouble developed, her last
illness beginning last October ID.
Mrs. Porter was born in Key
West, Florida, daughter of Theo-
philus Pinder and Mrs. Ellen
Saunders Pinder, both deceased.
A brother, hamilton Pinder, died
about twenty years ago. Her
father came to the United States
from England with his parents
when he was small and on his
21st birthday, May 7, 1877, he be-
came a naturalized citizen of
this country. Her marriage to
DR.. Porter took place in Key
West, after his graduation from
Stetson University, DeLand, Flor
ida, and he was stationed in Key
West six years. He held pasto-
rates in Roanoke, Alabama, and
at Winchester, KY, coming to the
Lebanon Baptist Church as pas
tor % years ago last September,
following the death of the Rev.
c. A. Graves. Since they came
to Lebanon, Mrs. Porter had TAX
en- an interest in the work of the
church, having long sung in the
choir and been a member of the
Woman's Missionary Union. She
was quiet and unassuming and
unfailing in her devotion to du-
ties in her church and family.
Surviving are her husband;
one son, Tony J. Porter. Jr., of
Lexington; daughter, Mrs E. w.
Conn, of .Adairville, and two
grandchildren, Walton Conn,
Adairville, and Tom J. Porter,
III, Lexington. Another son,
John c. Porter, died at the age
of 2h2 years in Roanoke, Alabama
Funeral services were held in
the church at 200 o'clock Mon
day afternoon by the Rev. w. S.
Hardin, pastor of the Adairville
Baptist Church, assisted by the
Rev. Olof Anderson, pastor of the
u nited Presbyterian Church
here, and the Rev. j. r. holland
pastor of the Lebanon Methodist
church. Burial was in Ryder Gene
terry. Pallbearers were the fol-
lowing usherS of the Lebanon
Baptist Church: H. Clay Byrn-
side, Billy Robertson. T. c. Pc
terson. Maurice Clark, Lucien
Whitlock, James Harmon, En-
NETT Harmon and Ralph Bush,
Jr."
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