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Porterdale Mill on the Yellow River
NAMED for: Oliver S. Porter, Mill Owner

 

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A fun and interesting Web Page.  We will start a listing to track the migration of people that were born, lived and worked in Porterdale.  If you would like to participate and be listed here please email me at:

porterdalega@comcast.net

If you have married since moving from Porterdale please include both names.

 

NAME

DATE LIVED IN PORTERDALE

WHERE YOU LIVE NOW

REMARKS

Bankston, Kay "Chapman" 

  1947-1966

Covington

Daughter of Marvin Chapman and Ruth "Loyd" Chapman
Brother - Richard Chapman - Sisters - Peggy Lazenby - Sara Hewell "deceased"
Married to Fred Bankston
2 Children - Melinda Poole and Freddy Bankston
3 Grandchildren - Ryan Puckett - Maddie Poole - Jessie Nasir
Retired from General Mills
Bonner, Ronald Jack  1947-?  Deceased 2005/Norcross GA  
Mother: Jimmie Lee Holcombe
Father: Welby Jack Bonner
Paternal Grandfather/Grandmother: Tom & Ola Bonner
Maternal Grandfather/Grandmother: Moena & Jim Holcombe
 
Children: Andrea Leah (Bonner) Kanalos & Sean Corey Bonner
Cawthon, Clarence Lamar   Hagan, GA Methodist Minister
       
Coggin, Kay (Shaw) 1947 - 1965 Social Circle  
Coody, Nadia Ann (Shaw) 1940 - 1958 Coto de Caza, CA  
Davis, Boyce 1934 - 1954 Covington, GA Son of Joe and Evelyn Davis 
Day, Frank 1930's - 1940's Lawrence, Kansas  
Fuqua, Anita (Millwood) 1942-1960 Augusta, Ga
Psychiatric Nursing Clinical Specialist Augusta VAMC.
Kirk, Wayne 1938 - 1956 Scottsdale, AZ
Presently living in Scottsdale, AZ with wife Sandy. 45 years service with FBI, Wash., DC PD & Scottsdale, AZ PD. Served on the US House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations, Investigated the Murders of President John F. Kennedy and the Reverend Martin Luther King. Lead Investigator in the Watergate Burglary of Democratic National Committee Headquarters.
Loyd, Gibson 1938-1960 LEWISBURG, PA. BORN IN PORTERDALE IN 1938 AND LIVED IN PORTERDALE UNTIL 1960.  SON OF BOYCE AND MARION LOYD. CURRENTLY LIVING IN  LEWISBURG, PA.  RETIRED FROM REA AND DERICK DRUGS AS V.P OF ADVERTISING, WITH 40 YEARS OF SERVICE.
Loyd, Larry 1949 - 1968 Dawsonville, GA Son of Sara and Elvin Loyd, worked at AT&T 19 years, opened up my own Bookstore in Ellijay, GA and currently am living in Dawsonville, GA.  Email:  loydlb@alltel.net
Norwood, Joe   Hwy. 162 Covington, Georgia. Was known as Rocky Plains Road for many many years. Never lived in Porterdale, but was born in the Porterdale Hospital in 1943. Always lived about 2 miles outside Porterdale, But did attend school there. Also worked in the Mill in the Machine Shop.
Ollis, Prentis L 1930's - 1940's Hull, GA  
Patterson, Glenn 1933 - 1954 Athens, GA Son Of Kate And Archie Patterson
Payne, James Virgil 1932 - 1951 Castroville, Texas  
Savage, Jenny 1920's - 1930's Blue Ridge, GA  
Thompson, Phedra (Jarrett) 1971-1994 and 1998-1999 Covington, GA Mother is Sally Buckalew Jarrett