William Border

Waynesville, NC-William Scott Border, age 57, of Waynesville, NC and Columbia, SC, passed away on February 28, 2005. He was born in East Liberty, Ohio and was the son of the late Charles Richard Border, Sr. and Donna Blackburn Border of Waynesville. He served in the US Marine Corp and was a 1967 graduate of Tuscola High School and Western Carolina University and was a mason. He moved to Columbia, SC where he worked 24 years as a sales representative for Ingersol Rand Corporation. He was married to the late Shirley McCracken Border for 35 years. He is survived by his brother, Chuck Border and his wife, Mary, of Waynesville; nephews, Rick Border of Charlotte, Sid Border and his wife, Deanna, of Asheville; niece Elissa McCracken Brown and husband Luke of Asheboro, NC. He is also survived by a brother-in-law, Tim McCracken and his wife, Tracy, and father and mother-in-law, Carl and Edith McCracken of Saunook. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 3 2005 in the Waynesville chapel of Wells Funeral Home and Cremation Services with Reverend Eddie Dietz officiating. Masonic services will follow. The Waynesville Masonic Lodge will open at 12:30 p.m. Burial will follow at Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home, and at other times, at the home of Chuck Border, 148 Timothy Lane, Waynesville, NC. Serving as pallbearers will be Rick and Sid Border, Lanny Rollman, Dennis Robbins, Ray Clarridge, Neil Clarridge, Eric Schlein, and Henry Manos. Honorary pallbearers will be Luke Brown, Gary Lee, Art Teston, Butch Helms, Denton Harden, Bob Howard, Jack Price, and Mike Seigler. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 358, Waynesville, NC 28786, the American Cancer Society, 90 Stiles Road, Canton, NC 28716, or a charity of your choice.

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