Malissia B. (Porter) Burroughs

June 13, 1934 - October 13, 2020

(PORTER) BURROUGHS, Mrs. Malissia B. – age 86, passed away, Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at her residence. Family hour 10:30AM Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 174 Branch Street, with funeral commencing immediately at 11:00AM. Pastor Keyon S. Payton, officiating. Interment Perry Mt. Park Cemetery, 878 N. Perry St. Friends and pallbearers will gather at the church at 10:30AM, Tuesday. Mrs. Burroughs will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed from 12:00 PM- 6:00PM Monday. Mrs. (Porter) Burroughs leaves to cherish her memory, children, Milton Porter, Jr., Martha Hester, Marguerite Porter, Monica Porter and Margaret (Charles) Edwards; grandchildren, Melvin Porter, Jr., Marco, and LaToya Porter, Rachel Hester and Lelia Porter; great grandson, Michael Quinn; siblings, Estella (Robert) Price; sister-in-law, Alphia Little and a host of other relatives and friends. Mrs. (Porter) Burroughs was preceded in death by her husbands, Milton Porter, Sr. and Dessir Burroughs; son, Melvin Porter; parents, Ross and Thelma Little; grandparents, Sara Little and siblings, Elder Leroy Little, Pearl Tige and James Little.