Virginia Louise Porter

Services for Virginia Louise Gordy Porter, 64, of Gilmer, will be held on Friday, June 27, 2014, at 10 A.M. at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Gilmer with Brother Larry Lansdale and Tray Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Grice Cemetery. Born on March 3, 1950, she entered into eternal rest on Monday, June 23, 2014. She was a homemaker and a Baptist who had a passion for God, her family, and fishing. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Porter; 3 sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry J. and Garlynda Porter, Terry S. and Cindy Porter, and Oran "Kirby" and Crystal Porter; 2 daughters and sons-in-law, Nedra L. and Alan Henson and Sandra L. and Tray Anderson, 13 grandchildren, Benjamin Anderson, Madelaine Anderson, Abigail Anderson, Lawson Anderson, Jalen Henson, Morgan Henson, Landry Henson, Tristen Porter, Amanda Hayden, Caleb Porter, Rubye Porter, Justin Taylor, and Brandon Taylor; 2 brothers, David E. Gordy and Lawrence J. Gordy; and 3 sisters, Nedra M. Gordy, Mary Smith, and Martha McFarland. She was preceded in death by her parents, Chester Earl and Annie Pearl Riley Gordy, and her siblings, Doug, John, William, Daisy, Ann, and Linda; and a granddaughter, Sarah Elizabeth Porter. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 P.M. on Thursday, June 26, 2014, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Gilmer. Online condolences can be left at www.grubbsloydfhgilmer.com