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Bobbie Louise Porter

1934 - 2025

Bobbie Louise Porter obituary, 1934-2025, Jacksboro, TX

BORN

1934

DIED

2025

FUNERAL HOME

Coker Funeral Home

152 State Highway 148

Jacksboro, Texas

Bobbie Porter Obituary

Bobbie Louise Porter December 6, 1934 - December 30, 2025 Bobbie Louise Porter was born on December 6, 1934, in Olney, Texas, to Opal (Young) and Henry Porter. She passed away on December 30, 2025, at the age of 91.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at Coker Funeral Home in Jacksboro, Texas, with burial to follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at Coker Funeral Home.

Bobbie graduated from Jacksboro High School in 1952. She devoted 50 years to the banking industry, working at Jacksboro National Bank, spending a short time at First National Bank of Mineral Wells, and later at First National Bank in Graford. Bobbie was a loyal fan of the Dallas Cowboys-win or lose, they were always her heroes.

Bobbie was preceded in death by her parents and her two half-brothers, Carl Young and Bert Young.

She is survived by her daughter, Kathy Hammond and husband Rod, and Mike Florance and wife JoAnn; grandchildren, Tarrah Mitchell and husband Michael, Casie James and husband Justin, Emilee Florance, Ryan Hammond and wife Becky, and Katy Hammond; great-grandchildren, Rhett, Brooke, Lexi, John Christian, Addison, Lyla, McCoy, Alex, Jordan, and Logan; and step-sisters, Lisa Boyter and Donna Peterson.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Jacksboro Herald-Gazette from Jan. 5 to Jan. 19, 2026.

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Visitation

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Coker Funeral Home

152 State Hwy 148, Jacksboro, TX 76458

Jan

7

Service

2:00 p.m.

Coker Funeral Home

152 State Hwy 148, Jacksboro, TX 76458

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152 State Highway 148, Jacksboro, TX 76458

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