Northwest Arkansas deaths
Posted on Saturday, May 3, 2008
URL: http://www.nwanews.com/adg/obits/224556/
ROGERS
Florence Ellen Porter, 75, of Rogers, formerly of Colcord, Okla., died Wednesday at her home. She was born Dec. 18, 1932, in Baker, Mont., to Alvie Mearl and Leona Elizabeth Bronson Scoles. She was a retired school teacher and a Pentecostal. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Porter; a son, David Porter; a sister, Dorothy Minard; and a brother, Lloyd Scoles. Survivors include a son, Timothy Porter of Rogers; four daughters, Rebecca Brown of West Siloam Springs, Okla., Naomi Ross of Lowell, Ruth Boldra of Colcord and Mary Kittle of Siloam Springs; three brothers, Walter Scoles of Saco, Mont., David Scoles of Idlewild, Calif., and Robert Scoles of Denver; two sisters, Bonita Blaisdale of Friday Harbor, Wash., and Miriam Capra of Boise, Idaho; 16 grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild.
Visitation is 2-5 p. m. Sunday at Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home in Siloam Springs.
Service is 2 p. m. Monday at Draper Community Center in Colcord with the Revs. Leighton Reed and Timothy Porter officiating.
Burial is in Rowe Cemetery.
Online condolences may be left at www. backstrom-pyeatte. com.
HARRISON
Fayette “Bunk” Riddle, age 89, died May 1. Services are 10 a. m. Monday at Holt Memorial Chapel with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation is 2-4 p. m. Sunday at the chapel. Survivors include one daughter; one brother; and one sister.