The Paris Post-Intelligencer, Paris, TN
Monday, September 14, 1970
Paris Native Buried Here:
Rites Sunday
Graveside services were conducted here Sunday for Paris native Piercell Porter, a grandson of Gov James Davis Porter of Paris. He was 77.
Porter died Friday at Veterans Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Services were held at 1 p.m. Sunday at City Cemetery, with the Rev. Harrell Townsend officiating.
Since 1966, Porter had made his home with a nephew, Edward Baxter Sweeney Jr of 5101 Millers Court, Valley Station, Ky. His wife, the former Vivian Edwards, died in 1956.
He had once played minor league professional baseball and later owned and trained horses before his retirement.
Besides his nephew he is survived by two nieces, Miss Susan Sweeney of Paducah and Mrs. M. A. Reilly, the former Jane Sweeney, of Hampton, Va., and several cousins in Paris.
The Paris Post-Intelligencer, Paris, TN
Monday, September 14, 1970
Paris Native Buried Here:
Rites Sunday
Graveside services were conducted here Sunday for Paris native Piercell Porter, a grandson of Gov James Davis Porter of Paris. He was 77.
Porter died Friday at Veterans Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Services were held at 1 p.m. Sunday at City Cemetery, with the Rev. Harrell Townsend officiating.
Since 1966, Porter had made his home with a nephew, Edward Baxter Sweeney Jr of 5101 Millers Court, Valley Station, Ky. His wife, the former Vivian Edwards, died in 1956.
He had once played minor league professional baseball and later owned and trained horses before his retirement.
Besides his nephew he is survived by two nieces, Miss Susan Sweeney of Paducah and Mrs. M. A. Reilly, the former Jane Sweeney, of Hampton, Va., and several cousins in Paris.
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