05/05/2021
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Collins Porter, 91, Gary native, will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 7, 2021 at the Eastside Baptist Church with Rev. Dale Walker officiating. Burial will follow in the Corinth Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home.
Visitation will be 5-7:00 p.m. Thursday night at Hawthorn Funeral Home.
Mrs. Nellie Belle Collins Porter was born September 9, 1929 at the family home place in Gary, Texas. She passed this life peacefully on the same family home place she was born. Nellie was the younger of two children born to the marriage of Marcellus Cleveland “Cellus” and Nellie Julia Mims Collins. She was a graduate of Gary High School. Nellie married Earl Venard Porter September 25, 1948 and they celebrated 49 years of marriage before he preceded her in death in 1997.
Mrs. Porter began working young in her parents commercial tomato fields and family Wood Mill. She would hold many jobs, lastly retiring from Walmart after 15 years of service. Nellie was talented in sewing, crocheting, gardening, cooking and raising chickens. Her favorite hobby was time with her grandchildren. She is also preceded in death by her parents, and brother, L.M. Collins.
Mrs. Porter is survived by:
Her devoted sons:
Russell Porter and wife Pam of Gary
Ronnie Porter and wife Donna of Gary
Grandchildren:
Russ Porter and wife Ashley of Gary
Shelbye Almeida and husband Greg of Gary
Patrick Porter and wife Misty of Gary
Amanda Deason and husband Sam of Gary
Great-grandchildren:
Collin Porter-Almeida
Lauren Almeida
Port Porter
Eli Porter
Presley Deason
Eliza Porter
Indy Deason
Special cousins:
Joyce LaVerne Collins-Rider
Bobby Joe Ritter
Numerous other relatives and a host of friends
The family wishes to thank her caregivers, Kathy Jackson, Montana Jones, Terrie Garrison, and Fay Boyd and the Heartsway Hospice for their special care.
An online guestbook may be signed at www.hawthornfuneralhome.com
