Obituaries

Kenneth Wayne Porter was born May 20, 1949 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Robert Lea and Annie Laurie Porter and passed from this earth on Monday, October 19, 2020. He was raised in West Texas and married Sylvia Jean Collins on October 23, 1970. Ken received his B.A. degree from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, the following May. Ken graduated from Patton Springs ISD in 1967. In 1974 he received a call to First Baptist Church of Rolla, Kansas, where he served for five years. Feeling the call to complete his seminary work, Ken accepted the call to First Baptist Church of Gardner, Kansas, in 1979. He graduated summa cum laude from Central Baptist Theological Seminary in 1988 and retired in 2014 after thirty-five years of ministry in Gardner.

Norma Jo Pentico, 85, of Rowlett, Texas, passed away Friday, May 7, 2021 at Mercer Place in Rowlett. She was born on September 17, 1935 in Spur, Texas, to the late Norma Agatha and Joseph Dee Williamson.

SNYDER—Michael L Winkler, 73 of Midland, Texas, died on Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Snyder. A private family memorial service will be held and is under the direction of Bell Cypert Seale Funeral Home.

Willie Quattlebaum, age 92, of Crosbyton, Texas, died Saturday, April 17, 2021 in Brownfield, Texas. She was born August 17, 1928, in Boswell, Oklahoma, to Cicero and Viola Pritchard. She married Howard Richey in Croton, Texas, on October 2, 1946. He preceded her in death. She married John E. Quattlebaum on August 16, 1954 in Dickens, Texas. He preceded her in death.