Obit of Borders, Horace Edward - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 11 Feb 2005 Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Lawton Constitution 18 May 2003 Horace Edward Borders Funeral for retired 1st Sgt. Horace Edward Borders, 78, Lawton, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Michael D. Logan officiating. Mr. Borders died Thursday, May 15, 2003, in a local hospital. Burial with military honors will be in Fort Sill Post Cemetery under direction of Jefferson Funeral Home. He was born June 23, 1923, in Jefferson, Ga., to George and Lenora Borders. He moved to Lawton in 1949 from Major’s Field, Texas, and married Fayrine Borders. He served as church treasurer at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church and was a member of the NAACP, Mistletoe Lodge #31, the American Legion, the American Bowling Congress and the Froggs Club. Survivors include three daughters: Billie F. Kersey, Indianapolis, Ind. Lynell Borders, Redding, Calif. and Katherine Gooden, Lawton; three sons: Horace Borders Jr., and Joseph, both of Mesquite, Texas; and Joshua, Oklahoma City; a sister, Bernice Roosevelt Daniels, Fayetteville, N.C.; four brothers and three sisters-in-law: Robert and Lula Borders, Winder, Ga.; Joseph Borders, Jefferson Borders, Ga.; George and Catherine Borders and Milton and Linda Borders, all of Dayton, Ohio; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife and his parents. Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html