Margie L. Porter

Margie Christine Leonard Porter, 90, died Friday September 10, 2021. Born on October 12, 1930 in the rural Speeds Mill community 8 miles south of Gordo in Pickens County, Alabama, she attended Gordo schools, graduating in 1948. She married her husband of 65 years, Everett Lee Porter, eloping to Columbus, Mississippi while still a senior in high school. She and Everett lived a full life of friends, family, dancing, and traveling before he predeceased her in 2013. Margie and Everett were among the first to purchase lots at Williams Camp on Big Yellow Creek in 1961. This year marked 60 years of summers at “The Cabin” and swimming, boating, and water skiing.

Her working years included accounting at Pizitz Department Store, secretary for Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce and the Tuscaloosa YMCA, followed by many years as a typesetter at a small printing firm, Round Table Letter Shop. Prior to raising a family, she was heavily involved in the community-based sorority Beta Sigma Phi.

In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her mother and father, Marie Maughan Parham and Boyd Parham. She is survived by her sister, Barbara Parham Firestone (Hank) of Saraland, Alabama, her daughter, Tina Porter Freeman (Dowell) of Jasper, Alabama, son David Porter (John Willson) of Charleston, South Carolina, grandchildren Cantrice Freeman Voce (Brendan) of Jasper, Alabama, Jonathan Freeman (Meleah) of Spanish Fort, Alabama, and Michael Freeman of Jasper, Alabama, and great grandchildren Anna Kate and Eli Voce; Jon Greyson, Tucker, and Lucy Freeman; Kane Aaron, and Victoria Freeman, and a host of additional family members.

Her family would like to thank the staff of Pine Valley Retirement Community, Anita Simpson, Tete Holiday, and her nieces, Debbie Harland and Kim Hudson who have been kind, loving, generous, and helpful over the past years.

A graveside service for Margie will be held Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 1:00 PM at Memory Hill Gardens, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The family will receive guests on September 15, 2021 from 1:30 to 4:00 at Memory Chapel Funeral Home, 2200 Skyland Blvd East, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35405.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.MemoryChapelFuneralHome.com for the Porter family.