Background
Porteous, Thomas Clark was born on July 10, 1910 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of Alfred Jones and Catherine Dorothy (Plaisance) Porteous.
Porteous, Thomas Clark was born on July 10, 1910 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of Alfred Jones and Catherine Dorothy (Plaisance) Porteous.
Bachelor, Rhodes College, 1934.
Reporter, city editor, political columnist, Memphis Press-Scimitar, 1934-1981; editor, Collierville (Tennessee) Herald, 1981-1989; associate editor, Collierville (Tennessee) Herald, 1989-1996; retired, 1996.
Sergeant United States Army, 1944-1946.
Married Maragaret Clay Mack, January 9, 1996. Children: Cathy Sutton, Thomas Alfred, David Clarke, Donald B., Sarah, John Cross.