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Porter Cemetery
Bay County, Florida

Lat: 30° 24' 11"N, Lon: 85° 32' 03"W

Contributed by Mary Washburn, Mar 03, 2004 [mwashburn2004@hotmail.com].
Total records = 20.

Direction: From the Grayhound Station in Youngstown on the corner of I-20 and Highway 231. Go west on I-20 to South Bluesprings Rd also known as County road 2301 make left. Continue for about 3 miles, cemetery on right side of South Bluesprings Road.

The Porter Cemetery is situated south of the Brown cemetery about .2 miles, on the same road. It is on land deeded to the Porter heirs, which was a part of the old Gainer Settlement from the 1870s.

This cemetery has been here since the late 1800's with the earliest burial listed being about 1871. It still is active.

I walked and read this cemetery on Feb 21, 2004. This includes all existing and legible headstones.

- Mary Washburn

Brown, Eliza R. Porter, b. Mar 5, 1876, d. Nov 24, 1902
Gainer, Annie M., b. Mar 25, 1884, d. Nov 8, 1965
Gainer, Spurgeon M., b. Feb 18, 1889, d. Jun 6, 1963
Kent, Austin C., b. Apr 20, 1914, d. Mar 9, 1996, s/s Marie Kent, md Jul 22, 1934, mason
Kent, Marie, b. Jul 20, 1913, d. Dec 21, 1996, s/s Austin Kent, md Jul 22, 1934
Porter, Boyed B., b. Mar 21, 1907, d. Jul 4, 1990, s/s Julia A. Porter, md. Apr 25, 1927
Porter, Dylan Blake "Dill", b. Jul 19, 1998, d. Nov 5, 2001
Porter, Gideon C., b. Mar 29, 1880, d. Nov 1, 1904
Porter, H. L., b. Jul 15,1848, d. Nov 17, 1922
Porter, James L., b. Jun 11, 1879, d. Nov 21, 1881
Porter, Joseph M., b. Dec 18, 1842, d. Apr 14, 1907, Florida, Pvt Co K 6 Regt Fla Inf Confederate States Army
Porter, Julia A., b. Aug 25, 1907, d. Aug 12, 1987, s/s Boyed B. Porter, md Apr 25, 1927
Porter, Mrs. Elizabeth, b. Apr 21, 1849, d. Mar 31, 1916
Porter, Samuel S., b. Aug 12, 1877, d. Oct 14, 1956
Porter, Sarah E., b. Dec 15, 1880, d. Nov 21, 1881
Porter, Sarah J., b. Oct 20, 1843, d. Nov 10, 1910
Porter, Thomas H., b. Sep 21, 1853, d. Aug 20, 1871
Shipes, Aubrey Arlon, b. Feb 1, 1929, d. Jan 29, 1992, AK US Air Force
Shipes, Danny, b. May 28, 1953, d. Dec 19, 2000
Shipes, Eunice Trimnel, b. Aug 21, 1930, d. May 8, 1995