Helen Porter

PORTER, HELEN

Helen Virginia Lazenby Porter, age 84, a resident of Montgomery, died early in the morning on Thursday, August 8, 2013. Helen was born in Monroeville, Alabama. She graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery and earned a degree in history from Auburn University. She was an active member of St. John's Episcopal Church. Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Edward Porter, by her parents, Maibeth Crook Lazenby Houston and Elbert Kenneth Lazenby, and by her beloved step-father, Richard Malcolm Houston. She is survived by her daughter, Maibeth Jernigan Porter (Robert Douglas Eckinger) of Birmingham, her son, Charles Edward Porter, Jr., of Montgomery, and her grandchildren, Helen Lynne Eckinger, Virginia Balfour Eckinger, Sarah Porter Eckinger, Richard Gates Porter, and Houston Lazenby Porter, all of Birmingham, and Charles Edward Porter III, of Atlanta. The Rev. Robert Wisnewski will conduct Helen's funeral service on Monday, August 12, 2013, at 11:00 A.M., at St. John's Episcopal Church, 113 Madison Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104, followed by burial at Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive visitors in the Parish Hall one hour prior to the ceremony. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to St. John's Episcopal Church, or to your favorite charity. Online condolences may be made at www.leak-mc.com.