Gladys Mae Porter

Graveside services for Mrs. Gladys Mae Lewis Porter, age 87, of Bonham, Texas, will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at Willow Wild Cemetery under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Rev. Morgan Malone of First Baptist Church of Bonham will officiate. Mrs. Porter passed away at Baylor Hospital in Dallas on January 12, 2013.

Gladys was born on December 17, 1925 in Cleymont, Delaware, the daughter of Raymond and Hazel Johnson Lewis. She married Glen D. Porter on April 1, 1944 in Salisbury, Maryland and he preceded her in death on April 25, 1986. Gladys was a homemaker, a member of the First United Methodist Church and enjoyed gardening, flowers, cooking, and kids.

Gladys was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Charles Lewis, and a son, Charles Glen Porter.

She is survived by:

Son and Daughter-in-law: Doug and Debbie Porter of Rowlett

Daughter: Juanita Williams of Bonham

Sisters: Joyce Thomas, and husband, Henry of Salisbury, Maryland

Naomi Tarr of Salisbury, Maryland

Brother: David Lewis

Grandchildren: Kari Reynolds, Robert Kaylor, Kelly Gilley, Catherine Porter Hutton, Shannon Porter, Jason Porter, Dean Champ, Robert Champ, and Cara Marie Caplinger

15 Great Grandchildren

Pallbearers will be Jerry Robinson, Robert Kaylor, Dean Champ, Dan Essary, Stan Waldrop, and Zack Waldrop.

The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home from 7:00-8:00 P.M. Monday, January 14, 2013.