Lizzie Porterfield

Rebecca Elizabeth White Porterfield, daughter of William and Nettie Barge White, was born April 18, 1872.  She married Elijah Dunigan Porterfield, son of William Wiley and Amanda Driskill Porterfield, in 1892.  Their daughter Willie Ethel married John Allen, son of Thomas Jefferson and Georgia Dixie Allen.  Their other children were Pearl, Jack, Clifford, Claude, Catherine, and Brunetta.  Lizzie also had one stepson, Connor.  Connor’s daughter, Juanita, is buried at Richland in an unmarked grave, as is Lizzie’s mother-in-law Amanda.  Lizzie died September 28, 1947.