Funeral service for Roy Edward Borden, 93, will be Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 3:00 PM at Oak Park Church of God with Bro. Bobby Newman officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Somerville Historical Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, July 3, 2022 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Oak Park Church of God.
Mr. Borden went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at Decatur Morgan Hospital. He was born June 24, 1929, in Morgan County to William Daniel Borden and Arrie Joan Pillow Borden. Mr. Borden spent his early adult days working construction. He operated heavy machinery while working on the Arsenal and constructing Interstate 65. He then went to work at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, where he was a Supervisor, Area Manager and a member of Goodyear “Top 10” Club for several years, and retired from there in 1988. He was the oldest living and serving member of Oak Park Church of God. He always wanted to make sure his family was ready to meet Jesus some day and for the past 3 months he has longed to be reunited with the love of his life, his wife of 74 years. He loved hunting and fishing with his son, and when he wasn’t able to hunt and fish anymore, he loved sitting on the patio telling fishing stories to his great grandkids.
Preceding him in death were his wife: Myrtle Avalene Borden, son: Edward Ray Borden, his parents, brothers: Clyde, Bluett, Thurston, Dan, Floyd, Homer, Erskine and Ganford Borden and sisters: Lois Brown, Avis Dugger, Addie Marie Bivens and Yvonne Borden.
Survivors include
Son –
Gary Borden, Decatur, AL
Daughter –
Regina Long (Ray), Somerville, AL
Grandchildren-
Patti Brown (Mickey),
Stephanie Wallace (Jeremy),
Mary Melson (Josh) and
Micah Mitchell (Tony).
Eight Great Grandchildren –
Chance, Ellie Grace, Tripp,
Sawyer, Izzy, Fynnley,
Aubrey and Lily
Pallbearers will be Mickey Brown, Josh Melson, Tony Mitchell, Chance Brown, Jeremy Wallace, Tripp Brown and Ellie Grace Blackwood.
Peck Funeral Home
