Obit of Borders, Horace Edward - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 10 Sep 2006 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 ========================================================================== ::NOT LISTED Lawton Consitituion 20 May 2003 Horace Edward Borders Funeral for retired 1st Sgt. Horace Edward Borders, 79, Lawton, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Michael D. Logan officiating. A wake service will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Jefferson Funeral Home. Mr. Borders died Thursday, May 15, 2003, at a local hospital. Burial with military honors will be at Fort Sill Post Cemetery under direction of Jefferson Funeral Home. He was born June 22, 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 was a member of and served as treasurer at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church. He was also a member of the NAACP, Mistletoe Lodge No. 31, the American Legion, the American Bowling Congress and the Froggs Club. He served 30 years in the military: two years in the Air Force followed by 28 years in the Army. He received many honors and commendations, and was a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. He retired in 1970 with the rank of first sergeant, and was a Lawton Public School bus driver for many years. Survivors include three daughters: Billie F. Kersey, Indianapolis; Lynell Borders, Redding, Calif.; and Katherine Gooden, Lawton; three sons: Horace Borders Jr. and Joseph Borders, both of Mesquite, Texas; and Joshua Borders, 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; and 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 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html