Alice Hitchye, age 79, transitioned, Sunday, September 20, 2015
in Grace Living Center, Oklahoma City, OK.

On January 23, 1936, a baby girl was born to Robert and Fannie (Jackson) Porter in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She attended Jerusalem and Wheatley Elementary School and graduated from Manual Training High School in 1954.

Alice heard the gospel at an early age and obeyed it when she was eleven years old. She started attending the Church of Christ and was a faithful member until her death.

1n 1954, Alice met Rudolph Hitchye and in 1956 they were joined in Holy Matrimony. To this union, three daughters were born. She worked for several years Manual Training High School and at several of the Muskogee Public Schools. After leaving the public school system, Alice operated her home day care for several years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one sister, and three brothers.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories, Charlotte McCormick and Sheila (Jesse) Adkins, all of Oklahoma City, OK; Sherry (Milton) Ashiru, Atlanta, GA; and one granddaughter, Jessica Adkins, Oklahoma City, OK; three sisters, Jeanette Ceasar, Maria Rowland and Phyllis Porter, Muskogee, OK; four brothers, Jerry Porter and Michael Porter, Both of Benicia, CA; Dennis Porter, Oklahoma City, OK; and Albert Porter, Muskogee, OK; along with a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

A home going Celebration will be conducted Friday, September 25, 2015, 10:30 a.m., 18th & Denison Church of Christ, Muskogee, OK; with Bro. Eric Rodgers, eulogizing. Interment will follow in Ft. Gibson National Cemetery.

Visitation will be Thursday, 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

The family has been cared for by Granger-House of Winn Funeral Home.