Sarah Marcelle Chrestman Porter Services for Sarah Marcelle Chrestman Porter will be held Monday, November 12, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Raymon Leake officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Sarah Marcelle Chrestman Porter, 85, of Meridian passed away Friday, November 9, 2012, at Bedford Care Center in Marion. She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-four years, William F. (Bill) Porter. The Porters lived in Union City, Tennessee and Natchez, Mississippi before moving to Meridian, Mississippi in 1995. Mrs. Porter was recognized with a medal by the Joslin Diabetic Center, an affiliate of the Harvard Medical School for living successfully with Type 1 diabetes for sixty-six years. She was an avid genealogical researcher for over forty years and she also enjoyed taking classes at The Meridian Activity Center. Her surviving immediate family includes her son Fred J. Porter and his wife Debra Harbour Porter of Meridian, Mississippi; two grandsons William N. Porter and his wife Kimberly of Budapest, Hungary and Samuel J. Porter and his wife Holly of Vicksburg and two beloved great-grandchildren Jacob and Carson Porter of Vicksburg. Her extended family includes a brother James H. Chrestman of Tupelo, Mississippi and Bernice Turner of Starkville, Mississippi as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Family and friends may sign the online guest book at robertbarhamffh.com. Visitation will be held Monday from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
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