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Melvin Porter Obituary
August 11, 1949 - May 29, 2025
Columbus, Georgia - Melvin A. Porter, 75, passed on Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Columbus.
A Funeral Service will be conducted at 11 a.m., on Friday, June 6, 2025, at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 831 6th Avenue, Columbus, GA 31901. Rev. Dr. Leon Porter will officiate and Rev. Dr. J. H. Flakes will deliver the eulogy. Interment will be held in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery according to the Charles E. Huff's International Funeral Home, Inc. Viewing will be held on Thursday, June 5, 2025 from 1 to 6 p.m., at the funeral home located at 927 5th Avenue, Columbus.
Melvin A. Porter was born on August 11, 1949, in Columbus, to the late Jake and Veola Porter. He is a proud 1967 graduate of William H. Spencer High School. After high school, he attended Savannah State College. Melvin had a successful career with BellSouth retiring in 2001. He embraced a second career as a real estate agent.
Melvin A. Porter is survived by his loving children, Melany Reynolds (Shun), Dr. Jake "Trey" Porter (Megan), and Robert Porter (Gina); grandchildren, Jacari Reynolds (Tiffanie), McKynlee Porter, Ryann Porter, Madisyn Porter, and Greyson Porter; his devoted siblings, Deloris Doleman (Dan), Jake D. Porter, Jr. (Georgine), Ibrahim Mu'min (Carole), and Gwendolyn Johnson (James); and a host of other relatives and friends.
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Ann Hamrick
June 12, 2025
I had the privilege of working with Mel for many years in the BellSouth Business Office in Macon. We shared many good times and plenty of laughs together. Mel was a kind and good-hearted man who deeply loved his family and friends. He was always thoughtful and a true pleasure to work with. I´m grateful for the years we spent together at BellSouth and will always remember him fondly. May God bless his family in the days to come.
Ann Hamrick
Eddie Saxton, Jr
June 5, 2025
We, the Eddie Saxton family (Eddie Jr, Minnie, Jennifer, & Floyd) wish to express our sincere condolences and remember the fond memories of Melvin. May you find comfort in the joy that he brought you and so many others in our close knit BTW community.
John W Thomas III
June 4, 2025
RIP
Camille Huff
June 4, 2025
Sending Love and Sincerest Condolences!
Larry & Shirley Lauderdale
June 4, 2025
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
Gladys Williams-Tillmon
June 4, 2025
My sincerest condolences to the Porter family! Melvin is now in the hands of the Lord!
Thaddeus Turner
June 3, 2025
To the Porter Family, My family mirrors the Porter family in several years of high school and overlaps at Spencer High. Sonja Turner, 1961 (RIP), Jack Roosevelt Turner 1962, Myself 1964 and Ethan Allen Turner 1967 (RIP). I pray for peace of mind and spirit for the family. Thaddeus Toby Turner Spencer, 1964
Sandra Dennis Cannon "Cissy"
June 3, 2025
God bless the Porter family. I have beautiful memories from growing up sharing a porch with the Porter family. Melvin was a tender-hearted soul who did his best to keep up with the wilder ones of us. We were indeed "family" because we cared for one another. Oh, the stories we could tell about our close-knit BTW community. Family, in your times of bereavement, be encouraged that Melvin is at peace with The Lord.
Sandra Dennis Cannon "Cissy"
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