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Edgar Porter Finney

11 Dec 1905 – 7 Jun 1998

Birth11 Dec 1905
Death7 Jun 1998
CemeteryFresno Memorial Gardens
Fresno , Fresno County , California , USA
Added byRob Walker on 17 Jul 2014
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118246923

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29 April 1910 - US Census - Justice Precinct 1, Kimble, Texas Household ..........Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Edward P Finney Head .......Male ....30 ..Texas Carried Finney ...Wife .........Female 30 ..Texas Edith E Finney ....Daughter Female 9 ....Texas Edner C Finney ...Daughter Female 6 ....Texas Edgar P Finney ...Son ..........Male ....4 ....Texas 7 January 1920 - US Census - Justice Precinct 1, Sterling, Texas Household ........Role ........Sex .....Age Birthplace Carrie Finney ....Head ......Female 39 ..Texas (widowed)* Edith Finney .....Daughter Female 18 ..Texas Edna Finney .....Daughter Female 16 ..Texas Porter Finney ...Son ..........Male ....14 ..Texas Sheldon Finney Son ..........Male ....7 ....Texas *Note: Carrie was not really widowed at the time of the census. Info based on Epps, Epes Genealogy & History & Related Families, 1974 by Edna Finney Allison Edgar, called Porter, when 17 years old made a crop on the halves for Mr. Thompson; then worked on a farm for Pete Allard near Sterling City, Texas. Then he went to work at the Ford garage in Sterling, and later put in his own garage there. 4 April 1930 - US Census - Sterling City, Sterling, Texas Household .......Role ..Sex .....Age Birthplace Porter E Finney Head Male ....24 ..Texas Lona I Finney ...Wife ..Female 16 ..Texas Edgar E Finney Son ...Male ....0 ....Texas 15 April 1940 - US Census - Sterling City, Sterling, Texas Household ................Role ........Sex .....Age Birthplace Edgar P Finney .........Head .......Male ....34 ..Texas Lona I Finney ............Wife .........Female 26 ..Texas Edgar E Finney .........Son ..........Male ....10 ..Texas Lawerence M Finney Son ..........Male ....9 ....Texas Robert A Finney .......Son ..........Male ....6 ....Texas Carrie I Finney ..........Daughter Female 3 ....Texas Ned A Finney ............Son ..........Male ....1 ....Texas Then he went to Camp Roberts, Calif. in 1942 and was hired as inspection supervisor on trucks going overseas. He was really hired before leaving Sterling City, Texas, on his brother-in-laws recommendations. After the war Porter went to work for a company making new fire engines in Los Angeles, Calif., doing the electrical wiring. 10 April 1950 - US Census - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Household ................Role ........Sex .....Age Birthplace Edgar P Finney .........Head .......Male ....43 ..Texas Lona I Finney ............Wife ........Female 36 ..Texas Lawerence M Finney Son .........Male ....19 ..Texas Robert A Finney .......Son .........Male ....16 ..Texas Inell C Finney ...........Daughter Female 13 ..Texas Ned A Finney ............Son .........Male ....12 ..Texas He was offered more pay at another fire engine company, and still a third company offered him more - the Crown Fire Engine Co. Here Porter was the highest paid man and supervisor. He worked here until 31 Aug. 1967. He and 3 other men (all living at Downe, California) were driving to Los Angeles to work; they had been working 11 hours a day to fill orders of fire engines. Porter was in the back seat of the car and had fallen asleep when at an intersection a car smashed into the back door, injuring Porter very seriously, from which injury he was hospitalized several months. He was never able to return to work, so retired to a fruit farm he had previously purchased near Fresno. His boss had just told Porter the morning before the accident, that when he was 80 years old, he would let him retire. The Fresno Bee, Tuesday, June 9, 1998 pg B4 OBITUARIES FINNEY, PORTER E. - Services for Porter E. Finney, 92, of Fresno, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday Buchheim Palm Colonial Chapel. Mr. Finney, a retired electrician for CrownCoach, died Sunday. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral chapel. Remembrances may be sent to Cornelia Southern Baptist Church, 5015 W. Clinton, Fresno 93722.

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