Alma Beatrice Jones Porado

Mrs. Alma Beatrice Jones Porado, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Porado was born November 17, 1919, in Surry County, to Calvin Jex and Laura Ada Haynes Jones. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Howard Hein of Casper, WY; sons and daughters-in-law, Monroe Hiatt of Mount Airy, Dr. Stephen R. and Darlene Hiatt of Granite Quarry, and Dena Earhart of Waxhaw; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; and a brother and sister-in-law, Ernest and Judy Jones of Grantsville, UT. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Porado was preceded in death by her first husband, William Harvey Hiatt; her second husband, Ray Hawkins; her third husband, Michael J. Porado, Jr.; a son, Gregory Hiatt; and sisters, Margaret Kirkman and Ivie Tally. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, October 25, 2010, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, with Bishop David Hiatt officiating. Burial will follow at Skyline Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Monday from 1:00 to 1:45 in the Relief Society Room at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Missionary Fund, c/o Bishop David Hiatt, P.O. Box 1204, Mount Airy, NC 27030.