Jessie Vivian (Porter) Smith of New Glasgow, NS, passed away on January 3, 2010.
She was the daughter of the late Gilford Mitchell Porter and Ella May (Tupper) Porter.
Surviving her are her three children: (Bill) William Paul (Carol) Smith of New market, ON; Holly Ellen (Royce) Harris of Pine Tree, NS; and Joel Vincent (Kristine) Smith of Oakville, ON. Also surviving her, are her six grandchildren: Robyn, Jeffrey, Jeremy, Megan, Jordan and Courtney, as well as her great-granddaughter, Sydney. She was predeceased by her brother, (Ted) Theodore Wesley Porter of Black Point, NS; (Bunny) Albert Sanford Porter of Abercrombie, NS; Avard Wellseley Porter of Mangawhai, New Zealand; Ernest Mitchell Porter of Virginiatown, ON; Earl Sydney Porter of Ancaster, ON; Sheldon Tupper Porter of Lake Echo, NS; and her sisters, Ella Winona Porter of New Glasgow, NS; and Elizabeth (Porter) Clarke of Abercrombie, NS. Surviving is her brother, ­Stanley Vernon Porter of Abercrombie, NS.
At Jessie’s request, there has been no funeral service. A private family gathering was held at her home. Cremation has taken place, and her family has received her ashes.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Palliative Care Society of Pictou County.
In recent months, Jessie expressed her wishes as to exactly what she wanted included in this writing; so it is with this in mind that we offer you the following thoughts.
She wanted her deepest gratitude expressed to family and friends who have been such a blessing. You helped her to create a very rich and meaningful life, simply by including her so generously in yours.
Thank you for all the times you invited her to run errands with you, or do the Saturday morning yard sale circuit. Thank you for the times you asked her to be your co-pilot as you maneuvered the streets around town... or for the times you spent relaxing on the veranda with her, talking about everything under the sun. Thank you for making her laugh. Thank you for afternoons spent at the cottage together... and for all the great phone conversations. Thank you for sharing her love of books, and reading. Thank you for remembering her with such beautiful greeting cards... and for winter evenings spent with your feet up, chatting in front of the wood stove. Thank you for trusting her with confidential matters, and for being trustworthy with hers. Thank you for sharing the plants from your garden with her, and allowing her to share hers with you. From time to time Jessie would say, “over all the years, I’ve never had a bad neighbor”. So thank you for being such great neighbors. And for all of you who have stood by her so faithfully during the months of her recent illness ... thank you.
“Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.”
William Yeats