Patricia Lynn Porter

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Mural Edward Porter, 77, of Conway, died Thursday morning, December 30, 1999, in St. John's Regional Health Center in Springfield.
He was born May 5, 1922, near Morgan to John Allen Porter and Minnie Almeda Rader Porter. On October 21, 1954, he married Hazel Joyce Banning, who survives of the home. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Patricia Porter, a granddaughter, Jennifer Wallace; two brothers, Jim and Everett Porter; and a sister, Ora Hoskins. A farmer, he had worked at the Niangua M.F.A. and Indepentdent Stave at different times during his life.
He had attended the Unity Freewill Baptist Church in Lebanon. Mr. Porter was a member of the Handyman Club for several years.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel, of the home; two sons, Sam Porter and his wife, Kathy, of Strafford; Earl Porter and his wife, Jeanne, of Conway; three daughters, Delila Oliver and her husband, Dean; Marie Oliver and her husband, Daniel; and Mary Wallace and her husband, Kevin, all of Lebanon; a sister, Emma Hoskins of Strafford; 11 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; also several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Murl Edward Porter, was held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 3, 2000, in the Holman-Howe Chapel in Lebanon with the Rev. Dan Talbott officiating. Burial was in the Bear Thicket Cemetery under the direction of the Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Lebanon. Visitation was from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the Holman-Howe Funeral Home.

Murl married Hazel Joyce Banning on 21 Oct 1954 in Lebanon, Missouri, USA. Hazel (daughter of Ray Nelson Banning and Nellie Francis Solomon) was born on 21 Oct 1928 in Norman, Oklahoma, USA; died on 21 Nov 2017 in Marshfield, Missouri, USA; was buried in Bear Thicket Cemetery, Laclede County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hazel Joyce Porter, daughter of Ray Wilson and Nellie Frances Solomon Banning, was born October 21, 1928, in Norman, Oklahoma. She departed this life Tuesday, November 21, 2017, in Marshfield Care Center, in Marshfield, Missouri, at the age of eighty-nine years, and one month.
On October 21, 1954, she was united in marriage to Murl Edward Porter, and to this union four daughters and two sons were born.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Murl, on December 30, 1999; a daughter, Patricia Porter; a son-in-law, Dean Oliver; a granddaughter, Jennifer Wallace; two brothers, Ralph and Basil Banning; and two sisters, Ruth Schleicher, and Naomi Underwood.
Hazel is survived by three daughters, Dee Oliver, Marie Oliver, and her husband, Daniel, and Mary Wallace, and her husband, Kevin, all of Lebanon, Missouri; two sons, Sam Porter, and his wife, Kathy, of Marshfield, Missouri, and Earl Porter, and his wife, Jeanne, of Conway, Missouri; eleven grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
She was born in Oklahoma and was raised in Oklahoma, Colorado and California before her family moved to Laclede County, Missouri, in the 1940?s. Hazel then attended Phillipsburg High School. After she and Murl were married, they made their home in Conway, Missouri, and lovingly raised their children. Through the years, Hazel was a devoted homemaker to her husband and family.
Hazel had attended Twilight Church, near Conway, Missouri.
In her spare time she enjoyed quilting and doing embroidery projects. She received her greatest joy from being with her family and especially enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Hazel was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and was a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and know that her family and friends will cherish the wonderful memories she created for them during her lifetime.
Memorial contributions for the Conway School Lunch Program, may be made through the funeral home.

Ray married Nellie Francis Solomon on 21 Sep 1920 in Norman, Oklahoma, USA. Nellie was born on 16 Jan 1900 in Joplin, Missouri, USA; died on 10 Sep 1985 in Lebanon, Missouri, USA; was buried in Lebanon City Cemetery, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Anetta Alice Hawk on 28 Dec 1882 in Greene County, Iowa, USA. Anetta was born on 28 Jan 1861 in Scranton, Iowa, USA; died on 24 Nov 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]