Melva Blanche Porter

Melva Blanche Moore Porter, 94, of Salem passed away Monday, February 24, 2025 at Salem Springlake Health and Rehab Center. 
Mel was a beloved mother, grandmother, aunt and friend.
Mel was a devoted grandmother to her two grandsons, Jared Franklin and Nick Vaughn, both of whom she loved and cared for tirelessly. She enjoyed tending to her flowers and cooking family meals. She also spent much of her time sewing her own beautiful draperies and pillows; not to mention the most current fashions. She was a beautiful lady with a kind and playful spirit; never one to pass up the opportunity for a wisecrack or a prank. She will be lovingly remembered by her surviving daughter, Mitzi, her grandsons Jared and Nick, her brother Leon (Dottie) Moore of Ledbetter and sister Wanda Schuppe of Carmel, IN. and many beloved nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, SFC. Thomas Jesse Porter, mother Bessie Carr, her parents Marvin and Ruth Moore, her daughter Shari, and her grandson Patrick.
All services will be private.
In lieu of flowers her family asks that a donation be made to your local animal shelter.
Condolences may also be left online at boydfuneraldirectors.com