- Date Of Birth: February 18, 1930
- Date Of Death: October 12, 2009
- State: New Mexico
Jim Porcher, 79, passed away peacefully Monday October 12, 2009, at Paloma Blanca Nursing Home in Albuquerque.
Jim was born February 18, 1930 in Deming to Frank Smith and Margarette Bryan Porcher. Early childhood was at the ranch in Cedar Grove, south of Gage, NM. Jim began his life as a cowboy at the age of five. He graduated from Deming High School and attended the University of New Mexico and New Mexico Military Institute. He married Barbara Nash of Wilburton, OK, in 1950. The couple made their home in Cedar Grove and later at the family ranch south of Gage where he worked for his grandmother, Margaret Todhunter. The couple had three sons, James Smith, Paul
Gordon and William Dean. In 1965 his parents purchased the POL Ranch east of Columbus where Jim and his brother Bryan partnered with their parents Frank and Margarette to renovate the downtrodden ranch into a first class outfit. Jim was born a cowboy, a pair of boots and a cowboy hat, a part of his persona he retained until to the end of his life.
Jim is survived by his sons, Jim Porcher (Ron Bronitsky), Paul Porcher (Richard Gibson), Bill Porcher (Barbara); his granddaughter, Lauren Margarette Porcher; brother, Bryan Porcher (Pat); sister, Patricia Porcher Forbes (Henry); nephews, Bryan Porcher, Joe Porcher, and Robert Haack and nieces, Phyllis (Brad) Griffin and Kama Haack Henderson.
