Erin Kay Porter Mclaurin

On July 9, 2024, not only did we lose a loved one, but we lost a friend to all. Erin Kay Porter McLaurin was in an ongoing battle with cancer for six years. She was born on June 23, 1981, in San Angelo, TX to Alvin Dale Porter and Vicky Lynn Porter. Erin graduated from Central High School in 1999 and married her husband, Christopher McLaurin, in 2003. Together they had 3 children and 1 angel child: Kyrus, Logan, Taylor & Kylee.

Erin was an astonishing woman who enjoyed playing fast pitch softball for the Central Lady Cats and being at the lake with her friends and family with the windows down and the radio up. A few interesting facts about Erin is her favorite color is pink and her favorite flower was a Sunflower. If you have ever made it over to Erin’s house you would know she had a love for crosses, sugar skulls and her furry best friend, Fat Boy.

Erin Kay Porter McLaurin is survived by her husband Christopher McLaurin, children: Kyrus McLaurin, Logan McLaurin, and Taylor McLaurin, her mother, Vicky Porter, brother Micheal wife Pamela Porter, along with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. She also had a few very close friends that she considered family.

She is preceded in death by her dad, Alvin Porter, Daughter, Kylee McLaurin, grandparents, Nelson Holeman, and Frances Alexander, Delton & Dixie Porter.

We would also like to give a special thanks to Bailey, Nicole, and Sarah and all the nurses and staff at Interim Hospice, as well as a special thank you to close friends that where there for her until the end.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Harper Funeral Home at 10:30 AM. The family ask if everyone can wear pink or grey in honor of brain and breast cancer.

I don’t know why it happened

No reason could suffice

But those who’ve served their purpose

Are called to paradise

To us it seems so senseless

But God, He had a plan

We’ll never understand it

For that’s the curse of man

It’s faith we must hold on to

That’s how our spirits grow

And even though we miss her

We’ve got to let her go

She’ll always be here with us

No matter where we roam

So cherished and remembered

Within our hearts, she’s home

She’d want us to be happy

To live and laugh, and love

She knows we won’t forget her

She’s watching from above

Proudly we shall speak her name

And sweetly reminisce

Share the stories of her life

Then send her up a kiss….

-Donna Schilling