Royce porter biography
Royce (Hershenson) Porter August 11, 1931 - April 9, 2022
Royce (Hershenson) Porter of Randolph, MA passed away peacefully on April 9, 2022 at the age of 90. Royce was born on August 11, 1931 in Boston, MA to the late Harry & Bertha (Saltzman) Hershenson. Beloved wife of the late Harold Porter. Cherished companion of her longtime partner Carl Whitney. Loving mother of Faith Jeffrey & her husband Blaine. Adored grandmother of Shane Jeffrey. Dear sister of Benjamin Hershenson, and the late Betsy Hyman & her late husband Alvan. Devoted aunt of Michelle Leafer & her husband Scott, Sheryl Carden & her husband Rick, Gary Hyman & his wife Tammy Green, Aimee Ratner & her wife Claudia McNeill, and the late Michael Hyman and her great nieces and great nephews, Daniel, Joshua, Nichol, Ariya, Bailee, Camryn and great great niece Alaya.
Funeral services will be held privately. In lieu of flowers, remembrances in Royce’s memory may be donated to the American Cancer Society, www. Cancer.org
ROYCE PORTER (By Shaun Mather)
Born 1 April 1939, Sweetwater, Texas
Died 31 May 2018
Royce Porter was born in Sweetwater, Texas and as with many in the area, music was his first love. By an early age he was singing on the Saturday Night Jamboree at a Sweetwater theater.
Whilst still in his teens, he went to Houston and cut his first songs for Bennie Hess' Spade label. Cut at the AGA Studios, A Woman Can Make You Blue and I End Up Crying featured a strong rockabilly sound. Despite Porter's best efforts to push the disc at radio stations, the record failed to generate other than local sales. One of the visits brought him in touch with Starday's Pappy Daily who asked Porter to record for him.
In the summer of 1957 "Yes I Do", a song with strong Presley influences, was recorded in Fort Worth with Dean Beard on piano and The Kounts on backing vocals. It was released on the Mercury sub-label Look, and again sold well locally. His next release "Good Time"/"Beach of Love" was put out on Mercury Records proper (71314), but before he could make the most of this opportunity he was drafted. Whilst in the Navy a single came out on Daily's D label, Lookin' and I Still Belong To You. (This can be found on the Bear Family box-set "The Complete D Singles", BCD 15832.)
Upon his discharge he changed directions and became a minister' at the Baptist Church in Sweetwater. He returned to recording in 1965 with the Nat King Cole hit "Looking Back" released on FED Records out of Houston. Further singles with his brother-in-law Bill Funderbunk came out on Huey P. Meaux's 'Tear Drop' label. In 1969, with Funderbunk in the Army, Porter relocated to Nashville. He spent several years working small clubs before finding more success as a songwriting, and becoming founder, with Bucky Jones, of Porter & Jones Music, a music publishing company now connected with Reeves Enterprises. The company has made him a rich man, who enjoys a home with a backyard landing on Old Hickory Lake, just like
Biography
Born
1 April 1939
Born In
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, United States
Died
31 May 2018 (aged 79)
He was born in Sweetwater Texas and recorded a few hits like "Yes I Do" with a Presley influence, in 1957. He was drafted into thNavy but on his discharge became a minister at the Baptist Church in Sweetwater. In 1965 he returned to recording with "Looking Back", but he was better known as a songwriter.
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PORTER ROYCE L
Date of Birth 02/09/1935
Served in the U.S. Army
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More detail on this person: Royce L Porter (Biographical information extracted from Quata June Porter's, wife of Ronald Porter, obituary.) Quata was born in Yuba, Okla. on March 8, 1939, to Thomas and Thelma (Sanders) Bowen who both preceded her in death. In 1954, she moved with her family to Carter, Okla. where she met Royce L. Porter. They married on September 1, 1956 and later moved to Stillwater where she graduated high school. Living the life of a military wife, the couple and their three children lived in and traveled to many places. She studied and learned Arabic alongside her husband at the Defense Language Institute in Washington, D.C. and was a member of the Officer's Wives Club. In 1976, Quata and her family moved to Lawton where she devotedly took care of her husband through an extended illness. He preceded her in death on March 29, 1982.
Burial information: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Lawton, OK
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