Opal Borden

Opal Borden, 94, died Thursday, August 19, 2010, in Clarendon.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 22, 2010, in the First Christian Church in Clarendon with Rev. Darrell Burton and Kim Jordan, officiating.

Burial followed at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Services were under the arrangement of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Mrs. Borden was born on May 30, 1916, in Comanche to William Clinton and Ethel Nolan Redwine. She grew up in Childress and lived there until she married Julius Darmer “Pete” Borden on October 25, 1935, in Childress. She had been a resident of Clarendon for the past 71 years. She had volunteered with Girl Scouts and was named the 2009 Pioneer Woman of the Year by the Clarendon/Donley County Chamber of Commerce. She was an avid reader and enjoyed gardening. She was a faithful member of the First Christian Church where she had taught Sunday school.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Pete on February 4, 1968; her parents; her sons-in-law, Jerry Hawkins and Buddy Wootten; and seven brothers and sisters.

Survivors include two daughters, Glenda Hawkins and Regina Wootten, both of Clarendon; five grandchildren, Dean Hawkins and wife Jaye of Canyon, Doug Hawkins and wife Daphne of Cleburne, Kimberly Artho and husband Brent of Amarillo, Christina Newton and husband John of Midland, and Greg Wootten of Clarendon; and seven great grandchildren, Brayden Hawkins, Brigg Hawkins, Josh Hawkins, Callie Hawkins, Hannah Hawkins, Caroline Artho, and Meredith Artho.

The family requests that memorials be to the First Christian Church in Clarendon or the Donley County Senior Citizens in Clarendon.