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James Delbert

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"Jim" Porter

Apr 24, 1921 — Dec 25, 2010

Obituary

Funeral for James Delbert "Jim" Porter, 89, Lawton will be at 1:30 PM Tuesday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Mr. Porter died Saturday, December 25, 2010 at the Lawton/Fort Sill VA Center, where he had lived for the past 3 and1/2 years. Burial with military honors will be in Pecan Cemetery, southwest of Lawton under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born April 24, 1921 in Lawton, OK to Earl and Hattie Porter. Jim served from 1942 - 1945 as a Corporal in the US Army during WWII in North Africa. He married Ada A. Stamper in Comanche County on January 31, 1950. Ada preceded him in death on September 11, 1996. He graduated from Cache High School in 1939 and was an auto glass installer for most of his working life, working at Gene Burke Auto Glass and Avenue "C" Auto Glass. He also farmed. Jim is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, J. D. and Jannie Porter of Lexington, OK, his sister, Viola Gibson of Lawton, and other family and friends. Jim was also preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Ed Porter and sister, Eleanor Hawthorne.

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