72380. Irvine Craig Porter Jr.
American Rifleman
September 1995It is with great sadness that we report that Honorary Life Member Irvine C. Porter died May 28. He was 85. Mr. Porter served as NRA President from 1959-61. His wisdom, expertise and his love of shooting will be missed by all who were fortunate enough to have known him.
Born on May 22, 1910 in Florence, Alabama, Porter graduated from Phillips High School in Birmingham and Florence State Teachers College. He then earned a law degree from the University of Alabama in 1932. He began his successful practice soon after graduation, and was longtime City Attorney for the Cities of Homewood and Irongate, among many other clients.
Mr. Porter was first elected an NRA Director in 1948, and was vice president from 1957 to 1958, before becoming president in 1959. He was a member of the Executive Council (since 1961), had been Chairman of the Bylaws and Resolutions Committee, and served on many others, including the Executive, Finance, Firearms Legislation, Competition Rules and Programs, International Shooting, Nominating and High Power Rifle committees.
Mr. Porter was a dedicated and long-time high power rifle competitor (among other disciplines), earned the coveted Distinguished Rifleman's badge and was also a civilian member of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice from 1959-1975.
Porter was also commended by the NRA Board for his service as a parliamentarian and for his judgment while presiding over the critical deliberations made by the voting membership at the 1977 Annual Meetings in Cincinnati, Ohio. His citation for the highest honor that can be bestowed by NRA on any one person, Honorary Life Member, summed up Mr. Porter's role during that critical period in the Association's history; "His calm and utterly impartial chairmanship through the ... meeting which wrought such fundamental changed in the Association's affairs won accolades from all present."
Mr. Porter is survived by his wife of 57 years, Sarah Sterrett Porter, his brother Neil, sister Frances, his four children, Berry Porter Rice, Alethea W. Porter Cole-Tyson, Irvine Craig Porter, III and James W. Porter, II, and 10 grandchildren.
Birmingham News (AL)
August 7, 1995PORTER, SARAH STERRETT age 83, died August 7, 1995. She was the daughter of the late William Cleveland Sterrett and Berry Lathrop Sterrett.
She was predeceased by her husband, Irvine Craig Porter, Jr.; her sister, Roberta Sterrett Henderson and her brother, Robert Henry Sterrett.
She was born July 12, 1912 in Birmingham.
She graduated from Phillips High School, Birmingham Southern College and received her Masters in Library Science from George Peabody Teachers College. She was a member of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Homewood, the Saint Martha's Unit, The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Alabama, The National Society of The Daughters of the American Revolution, The Birmingham Bar Auxiliary, The Comida Supper Club, The Kenilworth Club, The Jefferson County Historical Commission, Shades Valley Historical Society, The Alabama Civil War Round Table. She was also a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority, Encores, The Club, The Summit Club, Vestavia Country Club, The National Rifle Association, and a Life Member of the Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers. She was a past president of the YWCA Board and served on the YWCA Board for over 40 years. She worked at the Birmingham Museum of Art for over 30 years. She was serving on the Travelers Aid Board and was serving as Secretary of The Oak Hill Memorial Cemetery Board at the time of her death.
She is survived by her four children, Berry Porter (Peter) Rice of Athens, Georgia, Alethea Wallace Porter (Gary) Cole-Tyson, Irvine Craig (Claudia) Porter, III, James Wallace (Kathryn) Porter, II. She is also survived by ten grandchildren, Charles Claiborne Rice, Sarah Adeline Rice, Lori Lynn Porter, James Wallace Porter, III, Andrew Earl Porter Cole-Tyson, Philip Craig Wallace Cole-Tyson, Leah Eugenia Lathrop Cole-Tyson, Sarah Ellen Porter, Samuel Craig Porter and Kathryn Ludington Porter. She is also survived by sisters-in-law, Mary Virginia (Laverne) Drinkard, Frances (Mrs. Alfred) Seier; a brother-in-law, Captain Neil (Madeline) Porter and several nephews and a niece.
Birmingham News (AL)
March 16, 1999SEIER, FRANCES PORTER, age 87 of Birmingham, died Monday, March 15, l999.
She was a member of St. Albans Episcopal Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Al W. Seier Jr., and her brothers, Irvine C. Porter and James Porter.
She is survived by two sons, Al W. Seier of Birmingham and Claiborne P. Seier of Birmingham; one daughter, Martha Frances Dupre of Hartford, CT; five grandchildren; one brother, Ret. Capt. Neil Porter of Rhode Island.
The Birmingham News
April 8, 1966:Seier, Jr., Mr. Alfred Wallace - age 61, of Shades Mountain passed away Thursday morning in a local hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Porter Seier; two sons Alfred Seier III and Claiborne Porter Seier all of Birmingham; one daughter Mrs. Roger Eric McClain of Atlanta; two grandchildren, mother Mrs. Alfred W. Seier, Sr. of Birmingham, two brothers James Edward Seier of Knoxville, Tenn., and George Seier of Alabaster; three sisters Mrs. Jerome Crowe, Mrs. Herbert Grieb and Mrs. William Lofton, Jr. all of Birmingham.
72382. Capt. Neil Claiborne Porter
The Newport Daily News (RI)
November 17, 2015NEWPORT � Captain Neil C. Porter of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 13, 2015. He was 102 years old.
Captain Porter was the son of Mr. Irvine Craig Porter and Mrs. Alethea Wallace Porter. He was born in Colgate, Oklahoma on January 17, 1913 and raised in Homewood, Alabama.
Captain Porter joined the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet in Pensacola, Florida in 1936. As a Cadet he trained in open cockpit aircraft. After being awarded his Navy wings, he was assigned to Patrol Squadron-5, which was stationed at the Naval Submarine Base in Coco Solo, Panama. Prior to the war he participated in preventive U-boat operations in the Caribbean referred to as neutrality patrols. It was in Panama that he met and married his wife, Miss Madeline Ritt of Newport, RI. Immediately prior to the start of WW II he was an instructor pilot at Pensacola, FL. In 1943 he was assigned as executive officer (XO) to a Navy armed reconnaissance squadron (VD-3) flying the Navy version of the B-24 called the PBY-4M. As XO, he was credited with five victories over enemy aircraft making him one of the few patrol plane aces in the Navy. He later was assigned as Commanding Officer of that squadron. In 1944, he was assigned as the air operations officer on the staff of Admiral Kincaid where he planned complex operations for the U.S. 7th fleet for the Battle of the Philippine Sea and Iwo Jima. During the war, Captain Porter was awarded four Distinguished Flying Crosses, one Bronze Star and four Air Medals. After the war, Captain Porter had a variety of Navy assignments including Executive Officer of the USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) stationed at Quonset Point, RI, Commanding Officer of a Naval Air Transport Squadron of DC-6 aircraft (VR-22) in Norfolk, Virginia and Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Facility at Lajes Field in the Azores. His final assignment was the Naval War College in Newport. He retired from the Navy in 1962 and remained in Newport with his wife in family.
Captain Porter was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Madeline Ritt Porter.
He is survived by their two sons Neil C. Porter Jr. and his wife Marilyn of Anchorage, Alaska and Charles R. Porter and his wife Betsy of Warrenton, Virginia. He is also survived by four grandchildren and one great-grandson.
During his retirement, Captain Porter was active at Trinity Church, the Newport Art Association, the Clambake Club, the Newport Garden Club and Redwood Library. He also enjoyed fishing, his garden and is known for single-handedly deconstructing a Victorian house that he purchased and turning the old materials into an extraordinarily eclectic body of art and subjects for his and his wife's paintings.
Captain Porter graduated from the University of Maryland and the U.S. Naval War College in Newport.
Providence Journal (RI)
June 9, 1998MADELINE R. PORTER, 82, of 45 Dresser St., died yesterday in Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Retired Navy Capt. Neil Claiborne Porter.
Born in Newport, a daughter of the late Retired Navy Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Ritt and Emeline (Vars) Ritt, she lived in Newport since 1953.
She was a 1936 graduate of the former Jalliard School of Art, Los Angeles.
Mrs. Porter was a member of the Clambake Club of Newport, Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport Historical Society, Newport Art Museum, Redwood Library Association, and the Newport Garden Club.
She worked as a self-employed artist for many years, retiring in 1997. Her paintings are hung in many private homes and businesses in Rhode Island. She was one of the founders of the Deblois Gallery, Bellevue Avenue.
Mrs. Porter was a 47-year member of Trinity Church.
The Tuscaloosa News (AL)
December 8, 2017TUSCALOOSA - Dr. Mary Gray Porter (1924 -2017) passed away in her Tuscaloosa home on December 2, 2017. A beloved aunt to three generations, Mary Gray was a Tuscaloosa native and graduated from Tuscaloosa High School in 1938 at the age of sixteen. She loved science and chemistry and represented Tuscaloosa County in the state High School competition that year. Although she loved science and particularly chemistry, she entered the University of Alabama to study languages, specializing in German. She answered her nation's call in 1944 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps where she served as a photographer and as a press liaison at Peyote Air Base in Texas.
After the war, she became a civilian employee of the War Department, translating and analyzing documents and correspondence. Mary Gray returned to the University of Alabama and completed a Master's Degree in German and taught classes in German at the University. In 1950, she enrolled in the Doctorate program and received her degree in languages from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Upon completion, she returned to the University of Alabama as a professor, teaching German and other languages from 1955 to 1992. She served as the chair of the Department of German and Russian several times during her 37 year career. Mary Gray authored or coauthored many papers on linguistics. Notable was her tenure with Among the New Words, a publication that documented the evolution of the English language and added new words to the dictionary. She was a lifelong member and supporter of Christ Episcopal Church.
Mary Gray was predeceased by her father, Wallace Claiborne Porter; her mother, Elizabeth Searcy Porter; and her two sisters, Elizabeth Claiborne McCurdy and Jane Porter Temple.
Mary Gray is survived by her nephews, George Reese McCurdy III (Linda) and David Porter Temple; great-nephews, and nieces, David Zachary Temple, George Reese McCurdy IV, (Lindsey), Lucinda McCurdy McDuffie, and Mary McCurdy Pate; and great-great-nephews; and nieces, Rebecca Christian McDuffie, Caroline Elizabeth McDuffie, Hunter Hobson Johnson, Gray Porter Johnson, Mary Claiborne Johnson, and George Reese McCurdy V.
Montgomery Advertiser
January 5, 2011McCURDY, George Reese, Jr, 89, born July 21, 1921, lifetime resident of Lownesboro, AL departed this life, Jan. 3, 2011.
Mr. McCurdy is preceded in death by his father, George R. McCurdy, Sr; mother, Mamie Smith McCurdy; sister, Frances McCurdy Crum.
He is survived by his son, George R. McCurdy, III (Linda); 2 granddaughters, Lucinda McCurdy McDuffie and Mary Johnson Pate (Hal); grandson, George R. McCurdy,IV (Lindsey); 2 great-gransons, Hunter and Gray Johnson; 3 great-granddaughters, Rebecca McDuffie, Mary Claiborne Johnson and Carolina McDuffie; 2 nephews and 1 niece.
72387. Jessie Leola Crowninshield
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
April 16, 1993BELLINGHAM - Jessie M. (Crowninshield) Marchessault, 91, of 111 Maple St., formerly of Milford, died yesterday in Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital, Milford, after she was stricken ill at home.
Her husband, Alfred C. Marchessault, died in 1990. She leaves a daughter, Blanche Pilla of Bellingham, with whom she lived; two grandsons; five great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. She was born in Bellingham, daughter of James and Eva S. (Cook) Crowninshield, and was raised in Wrentham. She then lived many years in Milford before returning here in 1988.
Mrs. Marchessault worked at the former Roberts Tobacco Co. in Milford. She was then a spinner at the former Lapworth's Mill in Milford. After that, she was then a housekeeper for the late Dr. Eugene Allen and the late Dr. Nicholas Capece, both of Milford. She retired about 1968.
Mrs. Marchessault attended First United Methodist Church in Milford.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
February 23, 1990BELLINGHAM - Alfred C. Marchessault, 87, of 111 Maple St., formerly of Milford, died Wednesday in Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital after a long illness.
He leaves his wife, Jessie (Crowninshield) Marchessault; a daughter, Blanche Pilla of Bellingham; two grandsons; and five great-grandchildren. He was born in Milford, son of Henry and Matilda (McIntosh) Marchessault, and had lived in Milford most of his life before coming to Bellingham a few years ago.
Mr. Marchessault worked at Barney Coal Co. in Milford, Mann Machine Shop, the former Draper Corp. in Hopedale, and M.C. Machine Shop before retiring.
He served in the Merchant Marines during World War 11, and was a former member of the Knights of Columbus in Milford.
72400. Sarah Crowninshield Brown
Providence Journal (RI)
April 3, 1996SARAH C. CORNELL, 87, of Mechanic Street and Prudence Island, died Monday at the Sturdy Memoiral Hospital. She was the widow of Frederick H. Cornell Jr.
Born in Pawtucket, a daughter of the late Walter and Nina (Wood) Brown, she lived in Attleboro most of her life. She spent summers on Prudence Island for more than 50 years.
She was an active member of the Second Congregational Church in Attleboro and a member of its Service Circle. She was a Sunday school teacher and an honorary deacon.
She leaves three sons, William C. Cornell of El Paso, Tex., Frederick H. Cornell III of Glendale, N.Y., and Joel R. Cornell of Newport News, Va.; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Providence Journal (RI)
November 20, 1995FREDERICK H. CORNELL JR., 88, of 16 Mechanic St., a die cutter for 41 years before retiring, died yesterday at the Sturdy Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Sarah J. (Brown) Cornell.
Born in Attleboro, he was a son of the late Frederick H. and Florence (Parker) Cornell. He was a summer resident on Prudence Island for more than 50 years.
Mr. Cornell worked for the former Watson Co. and the J.M. Fisher Co. He was a member and a deacon of the Second Congregational Church. He also served in Boy Scouting.
Besides his wife he leaves three sons, William C. Cornell of El Paso, Texas, Frederick H. Cornell of Glenville,N.Y., and Joel R. Cornell of Newport News, Va.; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Rutland Daily Herald
October 5, 1985Royalton - Eben Brown, 66, of Royalton, died early Friday at his home. Mr, Brown was born in North Brattleboro, Mass., Jan. 19, 1919, the son of Lester H. and Edna (Cargill) Brown.
He graduated in 1938 from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at Massachusetts State (now the University of Massachusetts.
He married Barbara L. Patey of Newtonville, Mass., in 1842, In 1943 they moved to Royalton, where he operated a dairy farm with registered Jerseys until the mid 1950s. He continued haying and sugaring at Robin Lane Farm. In recent years he had been a Christmas tree grower. He was a member of various farm*related organizations.
He shared his enthusium of skiing by teaching the sport to a generation of children in the White River Valley.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Philip Brown of Hardwick; five daughters, Alison Brown of Denver, Colo., Susan Coolbaugh of Ridley Park, Pa., Patricia French of Randolph, Martha Brown of Eugene, Ore., and Robin Brown, a student in Cambridge, Mass.; a sister, Ruth Beetham of Norwich, Conn.; and five grandchildren.
The Boston Globe
February 15, 1973Brierley - In North Attleboro, Feb. 13, 1973; Doris M. (Metcalf) of 37 Circle Court, beloved mother of Russell D. Cowland of New Hampshire, and Mrs. Charles (May) Pappan of Maine; sister of Ernest D. Metcalf of Foxboro, and Mrs. Frances H. Hodges of Florida.
72409. Frances Harriet Metcalf
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
September 1, 2002HODGES, FRANCES HARRET , 93, of Holiday, died Thursday (Aug. 29, 2002) at Hernando-Pasco Hospice House. Born in Framingham, Mass., she came here in 1961 from Quincy, Mass. She was a vocalist and traveled around the world with her vocalist group. She was a 25 year member of Eastern Star.
Survivors include several nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews.
The Lincoln Star
November 8, 1922The body of Paul Haskell, who died Tuesday in Lincoln, is being held at Wardlow's chapel, 323 South Twelfth street, pending arrival of relatives from Omaha.
Douglas County
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