Martha was born January 21, 1940 to the late William Kane Porter and Lesley Lee Tigner Porter in Paris, Tennessee. She was a graduate of E. W. Grove High School and Vanderbilt University. She was a buyer for McRae’s Department Store in Jackson, Mississippi. She was the wife of the late Charles Frazier White.
Martha is survived by her sister, Elizabeth Porter Jenkins and sister-in-law, Carol White Anger (Bob); and nieces and nephews: Thomas Jenkins (Rodney), Beth Jenkins, Adam White, Eric White, Matt Anger, Luke Anger, and Sara Anger.