Sunrise:

On July 1, 1963, a joyful, baby boy was born to Raymond Sr., and Betty Miller Porter. Then named him Raymond Eugene Porter, Jr., after his father. Through childhood, he was affectionately called "Bean", a name that followed him all of his life. He attended school at Dubois in Summit and also in Tullahassee, Oklahoma.

Bean was a man of laughter and a man who loved family. Bean was proud of his family and would often times let you know he was "Porter Strong." He would always say "If you are a Porter, you know I got your back!"

In 1999, he met the love of his life, Audrey Battle, whom he affectionately called her his wife. He always said that she saved his life.

Sunset:

On September 27, 2020, at 4:52 AM, he heard the Master's call, with his wife and family by his side. He took the Master's hand and found eternal rest. Those family members meeting him at Heaven's gates; his grandparents, his parents, his siblings, Leroy and Tina, his nephew, Ron Edwards and his uncles, Phillip, Robert and Albert.

Those family members that remain waiting for that Great Reunion; his wife, Audry Battle; his children, Davonte Miller, Taraji Cooper, Mikayla Cooper and Jacquline Miller; his bonus children that he raised as his own, Ebony and Glen Battle; three grandchildren; his sister, Judy K. Peal; special nieces, Takeisha Brooks and Colby Alexander; and a caravan of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.

The Hour of Remembrance for "Bean" will commence on Friday morning, October 9, 2020 at 11:00 AM in the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church.  Reverend Gary Mitchum is the gracious host Pastor and Reverend Sandra Porter-Givens will bring the Eulogy.  Burial will follow in the Warrior Cemetery, west of Checotah, Oklahoma.

You may visit him on Thursday from 12 Noon until 6:00 PM in the People's Chapel of the Keith D. Biglow Funeral Directors, Inc., in Muskogee.