Opal Leona Borders (Seymour)'s Obituary
Opal Leona Borders, daughter of John Green and Flora Bea Hale Cummins, was born November 12, 1912, in Seymour, Missouri, and departed this life on July 29, 2015, in Glenwood Healthcare Center in Seymour, Missouri, at the age of one hundred-two years, eight months, and seventeen days.
On May 31, 1930, she was united in marriage to Sherman W. Borders and to this union two children were born. In addition to her parents, Opal was preceded in death by her husband, Sherman; son, Kenneth Borders and his wife, Leanna; brother, Glen Cummins, and a brother and sister who died at a young age; and son-in-law, Clayton Lee. Opal is survived by her daughter, Geraldine Lee of Rochester Hills, Michigan; seven grandchildren, Mike Borders and wife, Debbie, of Seymour; Cheryl Raybuck and husband, Larry, of Rogersville, Missouri; Sandy Jackson of Rogersville; Greg Lee and wife, Cindy, of Gardenerville, Nevada; Becky Chamberlain and husband, Dave, of Westerville, Ohio; Gilbert Lee of San Antonio, Texas; Heather Austin and husband, Dan, of Rochester Michigan; twenty-five great-grandchildren; twenty-four great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great grandchild; brother, Romaine Cummins of Springfield, Missouri, along with a host of other relatives and friends. She was born, raised, and lived her entire life in the Seymour area where she attended many rural schools. She was a devoted wife and homemaker to her family. Opal had made a profession of faith in Christ many years ago and was a member of the Seymour Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In later years she attended the Seymour Freewill Baptist Church. In her middle 50’s she started canvas painting and was very artistic. One of her paintings of the Hodgsons Mill hangs in The Seymour Bank lobby. She also enjoyed sewing, quilting and crocheting, having made nearly a hundred quilts in her years. Opal was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, great-great-great-grandmother, sister, aunt and a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her long life and will cherish the many wonderful times we had together.
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