Mother Janie Grant Portee Obituary

We are sad to announce that, on December 7, 2025, at the age of 95, Mother Janie Grant Portee (Columbia, South Carolina) passed away. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was predeceased by: her mother Janie Grant Portee; her husband Leroy Portee, Sr.; her son Leroy Portee Jr.; her son-in-law Edward Andrews; her grandson Isreal Andrews; and her siblings, Eugene Jacobs, Ouraleaner Adams, Anna Adams, Rev. Susie Morris, Maggie Jones, Sammy Grant Sr., Elizabeth Jenkins, Jonnie Grant Sr., Rev. Freddie Grant, Zelma Patterson, Rev. Leon Grant, Flossie Johnson, Lottie Reese and David Grant.

She is survived by: her children, Janice Andrews of Columbia, SC, Survern Warley (Benjamin) of Columbia, SC, Tasha Lloyd (Crystal) of Columbia, SC, Jerry H. Portee of Columbia, SC and Jimmy D. Portee of Columbia, SC; her daughter-in-law Minister Cheryl Washington; her granddaughters, Edwanna Portee, Ashley Warley and Shamieka Lloyd; her great grandchildren, Sophia Warley and Anna Lloyd; her grandsons, Brandon Warley (Tiarah) and Lamont Lloyd; her sisters, Wilean Middleton of Hopkins, SC and Eunice Sutton Columbia, MD (Stevon); and her sister-in-law Doreathea Lloyd of Gadsden.