Leon Gaines Borden

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Leon Gaines Borden

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Mammoth Cave, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 08, 1970 (58)
Louisville, Kentucky, United States (Cerebral Hemorage)
Place of Burial: Corbin, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of W.G. Borden and Virgie Mae Borden
Husband of Jessie Rosenfield Borden
Father of Betty Mae Fuqua and Judith Lee Smith
Brother of Almena Frances Borden

Occupation: Regional Manager
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About Leon Gaines Borden

Called "Poppy" by his grandchildren

Worked for the Greyhound Bus Lines for most of his career

Suffered from Alcoholism

Attended High School in Corbin, Kentucky

Attended the University of Tennessee but did not graduate

His name as reported on his birth certificate was actually "Gaines Leon Borden." To close his estate it required getting a signed affidavit from a former co-worker attesting that Leon Gaines Borden was the same person.

At this web address, one can see a photo of much of the Smith Borden family at the occasion of the anniversary of Smith and Lillie (circa 1926)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jneville/borden12...

Google "Neville family and friends on rootsweb" and the first heading is the site you want...hit "Neville family and friends" ...click "Come on in", then "Family pictures", and the last one listed is "Smith and Lilia Borden Anniversary...about 1926". It's on those photo panels that you'll find WG, Virgie Mae, and Leon Borden, WG's brothers Garnet and Harvey, and all the relatives.

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Leon Gaines Borden's Timeline

1911
August 29, 1911
Mammoth Cave, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States
1970
May 8, 1970
Age 58
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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February
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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Greyhound Bus Lines
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Corbin, Kentucky, United States