- Date Of Birth: April 5, 1940
- Date Of Death: April 23, 2013
- State: North Carolina
DURHAM Mr. Larry Gene Fortner, Sr., 73, of Durham, died on Tuesday, April 23, . Fortner was born in West Virginia to the late Wonnie and Illene Booth Fortner. He was a retired truck driver for Earl Latta Grading. He was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his son, Larry Fortner, is survived by his girlfriend, Brenda Hobbs; three sons, Billy Fortner of Durham, Donald Wayne Fortner of Burlington and Mark Fortner of Roxboro; one daughter, Margie Cline Hanover of W. Va.; step-daughter, Lola Hobbs of Roxboro; four brothers, Charles Fortner, James Fortner and Dick Fortner all of W. Va. and Ronnie Joe Fortner of Florida; one sister, Pamela Sue Stark of Tenn.; eight grandchildren and 10