Mr. Bobby R. Porter, 75

ROSEBORO Mr. Bobby Ray Porter, 75 of 1093 Reeda Branch Road, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Friday, March 20, 2009 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 3:00 P.M. at Hollands Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Wiley Clark, Rev. Michael Oliver, and Mr. Henry Faircloth officiating. Burial will follow at Sunrise Memorial Gardens in Salemburg. Mr. Porter was born in 1933 in Sampson County to the late Dixon and Rena Mae McLamb Porter. He was preceded in death by his brother, Lilston Porter and a sister, Mary P. Kelly. He served for twenty one years on the Sampson Community College Board of Trustees, and four years with the Sampson County Board of Education. He was a member of Hollands Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church where he served for over thirty years as Sunday School Superintendent. He was also a veteran of the US Army, and a retired Inspector with the US Department of Agriculture. Mr. Porter is survived by: his wife, Betty T. Porter of the home; three daughters, Malia P. Hollingsworth and husband Billy, of Salemburg, Kaye P. Heinz and husband Dan, of Salemburg, and Dina P. Fann and husband Eric, of Coats; one sister, Frances P. Honeycutt of Roseboro; five grandchildren, Gina Rae Autry, Daniel Ivan Heinz, Brynn Porter Fann, Allyson Jewel Heinz, and Anna Kathleen Heinz; and one great grandson, Hollin Blake Autry. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6 until 8 P.M. at Butler Funeral Home, 401 W. Roseboro Street, Roseboro, and other times at the home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Hollands Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church Family Life Center, 2069 Huntley School Road, Roseboro, N.C. 28382.