PORTERS CELEBRATE 65TH ANNIVERSARY

Ernest and Patricia Porter celebrated their 65th anniversary on June 4, 2014. Ernest and the former Patricia Lein were married at Trinity Union Methodist Church in Providence, R.I.
Ernest began working with the Highway Department in Rhode Island while serving as a volunteer fireman for 15 years. He was employed as a hospital orderly and then in law enforcement at many stores in Massachusetts and Florida. His last position before retirement was a nursing home security guard at Brentwood Health Center, Lecanto, Fla.
Following many years as a homemaker, Patricia became a Licensed Practical Nurse in Florida and worked for the nursing home at Brentwood Health Center and Cypress Creek Juvenile Detention Center, Lecanto, Fla.
The Porters became Adventist church members in 1956 while living in Providence, R.I. They are now members of Inverness Church in Florida.
Their family consists of: four sons, Ray, Tom, Ernest Jr., and Daniel; five daughters, Deborah, Sandra, Judith, Susan, and Christine; 24 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Their daughter, Deborah passed away in 1964, and Tom, a Vietnam veteran, passed away in 2009.