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Obituary:

Mr. Donald Edward Borders, age 29, of Cedartown, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, June 2, 2011. He was born on September 2, 1981 in Rome, Georgia. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. and Shirley M. Gross Borders.

Mr. Borders is survived by his loving wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Forrister Borders; his parents; daughter, Katelynn Elizabeth Borders; son, Brandon Avery Borders; sisters and brother-in-law, Christina Sharee Palmer and husband David Palmer and Tanya Borders; brother and sister-in-law, Randy and Melissa Borders and grandparents, Raymond and Beatrice Borders and Lola Thomason.

Mr. Borders is preceded in death by his grandfathers, Mr. Lester Gross and Mr. Jackie Thomason.

The funeral arrangements for Mr. Borders will be conducted on Monday, June 6, 2011 at ten o'clock in the morning from the Chapel of the Gammage Funeral Home with Minister Craig Hallman officiating.

Interment will follow in the Northview Cemetery.

The family of Mr. Borders will receive family and friends on Sunday, June 5, 2011 from six o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock in the evening at the Gammage Funeral Home and also on Monday, June 6, 2011 from nine o'clock in the morning until the funeral hour and the Gammage Funeral Home.

The family has requested that flowers be omitted. Memorial contributions may be made to First National Bank of Polk County, 967 Main Street, Cedartown, Georgia 30125; attn: Shirley Borders in Benefit of Katelynn and Brandon Borders.

The following gentlemen have been asked to serve as pallbearers; Sean Borders, Cody Summerlin, Larry Strickland, Daniel Forsyth, John Forsyth and Kenny Borders.

Please express your condolences to the family by visiting our website and signing the online guestbook at gammagefh.com.

The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home is handling the arrangements for Mr. Donald Edward Borders.

(Published by Gammage and Sons Funeral Home of Cedartown, GA)

Donald — M.E. Forrister. [Group Sheet]

R.E. — S.M. Gross. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary:

Services for Lester Gross, 64, of Andrews were in the Second Baptist Church with the Rev. Dan Street officiating. Burial was in Andrews Old Cemetery under direction of Singteton-Easterling Funeral Home.

Gross died Thursday, Sept. 15, 1994, in Permian General Hospital.

He was born Feb. 16, 1930, in Holliday, Archer County, Texas to Bumon Johnson and Claudia Irene Bryant Gross. He married Lola Fowler on November 04, 1949 in NM. He later, married Juanita Johnston Vowell on Dec. 29, 1979, in Andrews. He moved to Andrews from Seagraves in 1947, and he was a member of Second Baptist Church.

He was a retired auto mechanic.

Proceeded in death by his parents, Bumon Johnson and Claudia Irene Bryant Gross.

Survivors include his wife; 3 sons, Marvin Gross of Big Spring, step-son, James Fowler of Eagle Pass and Step-son, Dwayne Vowell of Quinlan; two daughters, Shirley Borders of Cedartown, Ga., and step-daughter, Malta Coffer of Roswell, N.M.; four brothers, J.B., Leslie, Wesley, and Lonnie, all of Andrews; a sister, Evelyn Bonham of Kermit; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild, Sean Borders.

Death Notice:

ANDREWS - Lester Gross, 64, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 1994, at Permian General Hospital.

Services are pending with Easterling-Singleton Funeral Home of Andrews.

(Published in the Odessa American on September 16, 1994)

Lester married Lola Mae Fowler 4 Nov 1949, New Mexico, USA; divorced 17 Nov 1969, Andrews, Andrews County, Texas, USA. Lola was born 14 May 1932, Andrews, Andrews County, Texas, USA; died 29 Jan 2018, Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet]