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Joshua D.L. Porter Sr. 1988-2025

NILES — Joshua Douglas Lee Porter Sr., 37, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. A cause is pending.

He was born April 5, 1988, in Washington, Pa., a son of Harriett Irene Porter Herrin.

He was a football coach for the Warren Little Raiders.

Survivors include sons, Joshua Douglas Lee Porter Jr. of Warren, Jhalil Porter and Jhasir Porter of Niles; daughters, Ja’Ziya Porter of Atlanta, Georgia, and Jania Porter of Niles; his mother, Harriet Irene Porter Herrin of Warren; brother, Hosea Willis of Warren; sisters, Curtsina Porter, Caunswayla Porter and Mariah Porter of Warren; a significant other, Tyree Barboza of Warren; and two children he raised, Andrew Davis of Niles and Serenity Penn of Warren.

Services will be at noon Friday at Greater Apostolic Faith Church, with calling hours 11 a.m. to noon. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.

Arrangements handled by Sterling-McCullough Williams Funeral Home.