Tabor City, NC

LD Porter of Tabor City passed away Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Loris Hospital.  He was 81.

LD was born December 8, 1933 in Tabor City to the late William Purvel Porter and Eva Mae Stephens Porter.  He was a 1953 graduate of Tabor City High School and served in the United States Army 1954-1956.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Olga Juanita Fowler Porter.

Mr. Porter is survived by two daughters: Wanda Porter Bardill (Chuck) of Sanford, Sandra Porter McCormick (Larry) of Tabor City; two brothers: William Carlyle Porter of Holden Beach, Kenneth Dwight Porter (Melba) of Loris; three sisters: Virginia Mae Gause (David) of Shallotte, Barbara Ann Morgan (Lloyd) of Chadbourn, Dolores Kay Cox (Horace) of Whiteville; four grandchildren: Jason Turner, Faith Bardill, Conner McCormick, Deeanna McCormick; one great grandchild: Trae Turner; extended family: Corbin Clemons, Nathan Clemons, Nicholas Clemons, and Roy Nealey.

Mr. Porter was a member of Sandy Plain Baptist Church.

Visitation will be Saturday, October 17, 2015 from 6-8pm at Inman Ward Funeral Home.

Funeral Services will be Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 2pm at Sandy Plain Baptist Church with burial following in Porter Cemetery.

A service of Inman Ward Funeral Home of Tabor City.

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