Linda C. Porter

Published 6:00 am Friday, May 11, 2018

ABBEVILLE — A Home-going Celebration will be held for Linda C. Porter, 67, at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 12, 2018, at Faith Hope Christian Fellowship with Bishop B.K. Stevens, officiating.

She will await the resurrection at Faith Hope Cemetery in Grosse Isle.

A gathering of family and friends will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at the church until time of service.

A native and resident of Abbeville, she passed at 1:21 a.m. Thursday, May 3, 2018, at her residence.

She was a member of Faith Hope Christian Fellowship. In addition, she was a former member of Rose Hill Baptist Church for many years where she served as an usher and choir member.

She leaves to cherish her memory, one daughter Christine C. (Clyde) Joiner of Abbeville; four grandchildren Junus Christopher Derouen, Stella Nechel Derouen and Michael Charles Jacquet Jr., all of Abbeville and Faith Renee Joiner of Carrollton, Texas; one brother Lenwood Collins of Abbeville; one aunt Lucille (Norman Sr.) Williams of Abbeville; three cousins loved like a sister and brother Viola Sonnier of Abbeville, Norman Williams of Abbeville and Alex Brailey of Corpus Christi, Texas; two godsons Anthony Reco Bessard and Leshawn Paul Meaux of Abbeville; a special longtime friend Michael Tauriac Sr. of New Iberia and a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Collins and Stella Levine Collins; one infant sister; maternal grandparents, Howard Levine Sr. and Rozena P. Levine; paternal grandparents, Monroe Collins and Annie Collins; maternal aunts Lizzie L. Levy, Lilly L. Sonnier, Alice L. Captville and Ada L. Bessard; maternal uncles Howard Jr., Herbert Sr., George Sr., Eddie, Jimmy, Roy, James and William Levine; paternal aunts Eldora, Louetta, Lovenia, Nolia, and Octavie Collins; paternal uncles Amos, Andrew, James, Linas, Robert, Rodney and Thomas Collins and godmothers Neda L. Brailey and Mamie Harrison.  

Active Pallbearers are Anthony R. Bessard, Jerome B. Bessard, Junus C. Derouen, Jakobie Huntsberry, Jayiris Maze and Blaine Williams. 

Honorary Pallbearers are Lenwood Collins, Clyde Joiner, Alex Brailey Sr., Renard Davis, Norman Williams Sr., Norman Williams Jr. and Sterling Johnson.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home 1116 Greene Street Abbeville, LA 70510.

Condolences may be expressed at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org.