PORTER (VETERAN WWII), STEWART - Crawford County, Arkansas | STEWART PORTER (VETERAN WWII) - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Stewart PORTER (VETERAN WWII)

Dyer City Cemetery
Crawford County,
Arkansas

TECHNICAL SERGEANT US Army Air Forces
World War II
August 12, 1921 - June 25, 2008
Silver Star
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross

Mr Stewart Porter of Alma(Crawford County), Arkansas died Wednesday, June 25, 2008, in a local hospital. Mr. Porter was 86 years old. Mr Porter was born in 1921, in Dyer(Crawford County), Arkansas. He was a member of the Dyer United Methodist Church, an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, where he earned a Purple Heart, Silver Star Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross; and he was a graduate of the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville).
Mr Porter was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife: Anna Porter.
He is survived by his second wife: Betty Porter; two daughters: Donna Kendrick of Dyer, Arkansas and Cheryle Costner of Van Buren, Arkansas; a stepdaughter: Patricia Stegall of Greenfield, Tennessee; a stepson: Charles Stegall of Gleason, Tennessee; 4 wonderful grandchildren; 1 step-grandchild; and 2 precious step-grandchildren;

Mr Porter received full military honors.
Pallbearers were: Philip, Isiah, and Jacob Costner, Charles Stegall, Mike and Caleb Kendrick.
Honorary pallbearers were: the 305th Bomb Group.

Note: Age at death: 86 years;

Contributed on 9/13/13 by bill060
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Submitted: 9/13/13 • Approved: 9/20/13 • Last Updated: 9/23/13 • R926210-G0-S3

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