Donna Kay Ayres Porter, 85, passed away on October 10, 2024. She was born Donna Kay Ayres to Elsie and James Ayres on December 20, 1938, in Altus, Okla. She attended Madill Public Schools before moving to Roswell, NM in 1955, graduating in 1957.
After attending Texas Christian University, she married John K. Adams who attended New Mexico Military Institute. SheandJohnhadthreechildren,Deborah, Jeffrey Lynn, and John Michael Adams. John was killed in action in1967 leaving Kay with the three children to raise. After being alone for many years, she met and married Bill Porter in 1990.
Her love, besides her children, was music. Using the voice God gave her to the joy of many. Kay resided in Broken Arrow for the past few years of her life, and she took joy and pride in her church, Forrest Park Christian Church. Kay was active in the Tulsa Cerebral Palsy association for many years in which she performed in Red Glove Review.
Kay was loved by many and will be truly missed by her family, friends, and church.
She was preceded in death by both husbands, John in 1967 and Bill in 1995; her brother, Jim Ayres in 2021.
She is survived by two stepsons with whom she has stayed very close, Corbin and wife Genie, Wakeman and wife Shannon; daughter, Deborah and her wife Ruth; sons, Jeff and wife Debra, Mike and wife Jeannie; grandchildren, Mackenzi, Kelsey, Alyssa, Dawson, Carson, Cole, and Jake and six great grandchildren.
Celebration of Life will be held at Forest Park Christian Church located at 9102 S. Mingo Road in Tulsa on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
Arrangements are by Bixby South Tulsa Funeral Service in Bixby, Okla.