F.C. "Buck" Porch, 86, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at The Highlands of Dyersburg.

He was a retired employee of Gulf Oil Company, member and Deacon of Fowlkes Baptist Church and a member of Fowlkes Volunteer Fire Department.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Buckley officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

The family will receive visitors from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Survivors include his daughter, Cindy Porch Allen and husband, David Allen Jr., of Dyersburg; a sister, Virginia Vaughn of Fowlkes; a brother, Terrell Porch and wife, Catherine, of Memphis; two grandchildren, Kelli Allen and Julie Allen Thedford and husband, David, and three great-grandchildren, Mason Allen, Marlee Thedford and Ty Thedford.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Gunner Porch; his parents, Boyd and Gussie Crenshaw Porch; a sister, Dorothy Chiozzo; and a brother, Bill Porch.

Pallbearers will be Ronnie Vaughn, Larry Fowlkes, Tim Vaughn, Jeff Coker, Jerry Vaughn and David Thedford. Honorary pallbearers will be the Men's Sunday School Class and Deacons of Fowlkes Baptist Church.