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IN LOVING MEMORY OF John Henry Porter
John Henry
Porter
Dec 19, 1928 — Nov 27, 2014
John Henry Porter's Obituary
John Henry Porter, 85, of Nebo, KY passed away on Thursday, November 27, 2014.
He was born on December 19, 1928, to the late Henry Ebenezer Porter and Mary Agnes Crow Porter. Following graduation from Nebo High School in 1947, he attended Kentucky Wesleyan College in Winchester, completing his degree at Western Kentucky University and earning graduate degrees from the University of Kentucky and Murray State University.
Before earning his Bachelors degree, he began his 30+ year teaching career at Mortons Gap High
School. He went on to teach at Nebo, West Hopkins, and Providence high schools. Passionate about the success of his students, he frequently went the extra mile in his teaching to encourage and enhance their learning.
In 1956, he married Ruth Annita Atcher from Hardin County, after which they resided in Nebo until early 2014.
A devoted Christian and Methodist, he dedicated his life to serving God and others. He was a founding member of the Nebo Volunteer Fire Department, pouring enormous time and energy into it for over thirty
years. He worked in many capacities in the church, including Sunday School teacher, youth leader, choir member, board member, and conference delegate, just to name a few. He frequently visited the
sick, homebound, unchurched, and those in prison. He was a champion of the poor and the suffering, young people, higher education, and the environment. Other interests included politics, history, current
events and family genealogy. Throughout his lifetime, many individuals benefited from his positive influence.
He is survived by his wife of fifty-eight years, Ruth Atcher Porter; two children, Mary Emma Porter Schooler (Jim) of Lexington,
KY and Bradford Wesley Porter of Wilmore, KY, and one granddaughter, Ana.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 30, 2014 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Dr. Glenn Sowards officiating. Burial to follow in Nebo Cemetery in Nebo.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Saturday and from noon until the funeral hour Sunday at Harris Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Johns memory to the First United Methodist Church Youth Scholarship Fund,
Kentucky Wesleyan University or Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC).
He was born on December 19, 1928, to the late Henry Ebenezer Porter and Mary Agnes Crow Porter. Following graduation from Nebo High School in 1947, he attended Kentucky Wesleyan College in Winchester, completing his degree at Western Kentucky University and earning graduate degrees from the University of Kentucky and Murray State University.
Before earning his Bachelors degree, he began his 30+ year teaching career at Mortons Gap High
School. He went on to teach at Nebo, West Hopkins, and Providence high schools. Passionate about the success of his students, he frequently went the extra mile in his teaching to encourage and enhance their learning.
In 1956, he married Ruth Annita Atcher from Hardin County, after which they resided in Nebo until early 2014.
A devoted Christian and Methodist, he dedicated his life to serving God and others. He was a founding member of the Nebo Volunteer Fire Department, pouring enormous time and energy into it for over thirty
years. He worked in many capacities in the church, including Sunday School teacher, youth leader, choir member, board member, and conference delegate, just to name a few. He frequently visited the
sick, homebound, unchurched, and those in prison. He was a champion of the poor and the suffering, young people, higher education, and the environment. Other interests included politics, history, current
events and family genealogy. Throughout his lifetime, many individuals benefited from his positive influence.
He is survived by his wife of fifty-eight years, Ruth Atcher Porter; two children, Mary Emma Porter Schooler (Jim) of Lexington,
KY and Bradford Wesley Porter of Wilmore, KY, and one granddaughter, Ana.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 30, 2014 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Dr. Glenn Sowards officiating. Burial to follow in Nebo Cemetery in Nebo.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Saturday and from noon until the funeral hour Sunday at Harris Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Johns memory to the First United Methodist Church Youth Scholarship Fund,
Kentucky Wesleyan University or Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC).
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