In 1926, he was hired to work in the furniture department. This department included undertaking services, and since Porter enjoyed helping people, he quickly realized that he was well suited to becoming a funeral director. The undertaking department was located in the back part of the large Higginbotham Brothers Store and included an embalming room, casket room and a small sitting room.
The Higginbotham Brothers Company sent Porter to the Dallas School of Embalming which was located in the Ed C. Smith and Brothers Undertaking Company in Dallas, Texas. After completing the course in six weeks, Porter returned to work at Higginbotham Brothers in the funeral department in Comanche, Texas.
In 1928, Porter met and married Tillie. In 1930, their only child, Jan, was born. Porter Franks continued to develop and improve the funeral department and in the late 1930's, Higginbotham Brothers Company gave Porter a share of ownership.