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Robert Gordon Porter

Robert Gordon Porter

Male 1932 - 2009  (76 years)

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  • Name Robert Gordon Porter 
    Birth 8 Nov 1932  Gregory, San Patricio County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Sep 2009  Aransas Pass, San Patricio County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Aransas Pass, San Patricio County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I35953  Family
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2018 

    Father Robert Clifton Porter,   b. 23 Sep 1894, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1970, Taft, San Patricio County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Inice Vilma Hogan,   b. 7 Sep 1901   d. 30 May 1990 (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage Y  [3] 
    Family ID F2987  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Betty Jo Martin,   b. 28 Nov 1930   d. 20 Dec 1991 (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 1955  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Robert Clifton Porter, II,   b. 8 Dec 1968, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1968, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F12808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2024 

    Family 2 Sharon Kay Garrett 
    Marriage 1986 
    Family ID F12807  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S3930] Caller Times, Robert Gordon Porter; obituary; 30 September 2009; 20 December 2009.
      Robert Gordon Porter
      Aransas Pass, TX


      , Texas
      Porter passed away on September 28, 2009. Gordon was born on November 8, 1932, the son of Robert Clifton and Inice Hogan Porter, on the McCampbell Ranch in Gregory, Texas. He attended school in Gregory and Ingleside, and graduated from Texas A & M College in, College Station, with a B.S. degree in Agronomy in 1954. He was a lifelong farmer and rancher in the Coastal Bend and was very active with agricultural organizations, serving on several Boards of Directors. Gordon was an Army veteran of Counter Intelligence. He was elected to the office of San Patricio County Commissioner, Precinct 4, retired in 2002 after sixteen years of service.
      Gordon is survived by his wife of 23 years, Sharon Kay Garrett Porter, and a sister, Genevieve 'Genna' Davenport. He is also survived by two daughters, Peri (Jay) Mehrens and Wynne (Rob) Shown, two sons, Craig Winkle, and Phillip Thomas, and five grandchildren, Randi (Jason) Coil, Bret Barnes, Amber Schexnider, and Taylor and Haley Shown. He is also survived by many dear friends.
      Gordon was a 'people person', lived life every day with a positive attitude, and really appreciated his friends and family, to whom he was totally loyal. He was a very sweet man.
      Visitation will be held Wednesday, September 30, 2009 from 12:00 to 9:00 pm with family present from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Charlie Marshall Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Charlie Marshall Funeral Home with private family interment to be held at a later time. Honorary pallbearers are Gordon's former employees who worked for him for 16 years as he served as County Commissioner. They are Ricky Vasquez, Rudy Vasquez, Harold Campbell, Buddy Lindley, Charlie Campbell and Stewart Wilson.
      Arrangements entrusted to

    2. [S2927] Find a Grave, 20 December 2018; Robert Gordon Porter.
      Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 December 2018), memorial page for Robert Gordon Porter (8 Nov 1932–28 Sep 2009), Find A Grave Memorial no. 84738960, citing Prairie View Cemetery, Aransas Pass, San Patricio County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by MYEY (contributor 46896026) .

    3. [S671] McCuistion, Mary Ann.

    4. [S2927] Find a Grave, 20 December 2018; Betty Jo "Jody" Martin Porter.
      Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 December 2018), memorial page for Betty Jo “Jody” Martin Porter (28 Nov 1930–20 Dec 1991), Find A Grave Memorial no. 39581832, citing Prairie View Cemetery, Aransas Pass, San Patricio County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Tom Ball (contributor 47105507) .