Amos Porter. Amos died on September 2, 2006.
His obituary: Amos Eugene Porter. Mr. Amos Eugene Porter, age 67, of Timber Ridge Rd. Blairsville, passed away on Saturday, September 2, 2006 following an extended illness. Mr. Porter was born on August 14, 1939 in Cherokee County, GA. The son of the late Otto Perry Porter and the late Lula Bell Brock Porter. He was a veteran of the US Army. He retired from the Commercial Carriers Car Haulers. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Nell Taylor Porter in 2005. Mr. Porter was a member of the Philadelphia Baptist Church. Surviving Mr. Porter are two sons and one daughter-in-law, Perry Porter of Kennesaw, GA, Perry and Jan Porter of Marietta; two daughters and son-in-laws, Dana and Bobby Nelson of Blairsville, Tina and Robert Burnette of Blairsvill; four grandchildren, Seth and Sarabeth Nelson, Cheyenne, Ashlyn, and Sierra Burnette, many other relatives and friends also survive. Funeral services were held on Monday, September 4, 2006 at 11 a.m. from the Philadelphia Baptist Church with the Rev. Chad Underwood officiating. Special music was presented by Paul Porter and Jonathan Adams. The following gentlemen served as pallbearers, David Taylor, Matthew Taylor, William Lee, John John Jones, Vester Dills, Vernon Patterson, and jack Nelson. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Mountainview Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
[The North Georgia News, Blairsville, GA, September 6, 2006, pg. 4C]
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