- Date Of Birth: December 4, 1924
- Date Of Death: July 25, 2017
- State: Texas
Virginia Jinny Porterfield, December 4, 1924 – July 25, 2017.
Virginia ‘Jinny” Rhoads Porterfield, 92, of Austin passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 in Austin.
Jinny was born on December 4, 1924 in Waco, Texas to James and Dorothy (Melton) Rhoads. She grew up in Moody and graduated from Bruceville/Eddy High School. Mrs. Porterfield married David Porterfield, Sr. on December 24, 1942 in Waco and he preceded her in death in 2006. Mrs. Porterfield moved to the Austin area in 1957. She was a homemaker and a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in Pflugerville. Jinny was an avid bowler, gardener, and a master of any and every card game.
Jinny was preceded in death by her husband and a son Skot Porterfield. She is survived by her son David Porterfield of Marble Falls, daughter Suzy Farrell and her husband Don of Pflugerville, brother James Rhoads and his wife Wanda of Temple, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
