Colonel Paul Franklin Porter, USAF (Ret.)
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Colonel Paul Franklin Porter, USAF (Ret.), 80, of Wilson, Ark., died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Born Oct. 24, 1940, in Hayti, Mo., he later moved to Manila, Ark. where he grew up as a child and met his future wife, across the cotton patch between their houses, Wanda Ann Vermillion. He enjoyed flying, sky diving, riding his Harley motorcycle that has been in the family for over 33 years, watching old Westerns and, most of all, spending time with his son and grandkids. He was a 1958 graduate of Manila High School.