Name: William Porter
Age: 70
Residence: 5838 HWY 33, Crosby, MS
Died When: 6/8/26
Died Where: Crosby, MS
Born: 8/31/1955
Born Where: Gloster, MS
Parents: Lillie Mae Harris and Joe Hurst
Occupation: Retired Army, National Guard, Army Reserve
Viewing/Visitation: Friday, June 12, 2026, 10 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Anderson Funeral
Home Chapel, 352 W. Natchez Road, Gloster, MS 39638
Funeral Services: Saturday, June 13, 2026, 1:00 p.m., Anderson Funeral Home
Chapel, 352 West Natchez Road, Gloster, MS 39638
Place of Burial: Sweet Home Baptist Church Cemetery, Gloster, MS 39638
Minister: Kalvin Anderson
Preceded in Death: parents, two daughters: Kimberely Tobias and Victoria Porter,
grandson, Ladarrious Robinson, sister, Margie Cox, and five brothers: John Earl
Harris, Jerry Porter, Percy Porter, Bonnie Joe Hurst, and Eddie Hurst
Survivors: two grandchildren, Brittani Anderson of Zachary, LA, and Oljuwan
Tobias of Tampa, FL; five sisters, Elsie Moore of Arkansas, Lean Hurst and Doris
Rita Hurst and Tracy Hurst of Gloster, MS; two brothers, Bobby Hurst and
Douglas Hurst; six great-grandchildren, stepson Derrick Tobias of Crosby, MS. He
also leaves to cherish his memory nieces, nephews, special friend, Mary White,
and a host of family relatives and friends
