Mrs. Beatrice McCann Borders

May 23, 1933 - August 2, 2019

Mrs. Beatrice McCann Borders, age 86 of Rockmart, passed away Friday morning, August 2, 2019. Mrs. Borders was born May 23, 1933 in Sparta, Tennessee, daughter of the late James McCann and the late Mary Adelia Geer McCann. She retired from the Goodyear Mill with 40 years of service and was a member of the Rockmart Church of Christ. Mrs. Borders loved to garden, especially her flower gardens, and enjoying playing cards with the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Borders on October 11, 2012; sister, Jimmie Brown; son-in-law, Danny Forsyth; two grandsons, Donnie E. Borders and Randy Borders; and great-granddaughter, Sara Borders. Survivors include a daughter, Brenda Forsyth of Rockmart; three sons, Ray Borders and his wife Shirley of Cedartown, Kenneth Borders and his wife Renee and Donnie J. Borders all of Rockmart; sister, Wanda Murphy and her husband Ray and a brother, Samuel McCann all of Jasper, Tennessee; seven grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Mrs. Borders will be held Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Freeman Harris Funeral Home with Minister Justin Mason officiating. Interment services will follow in the family lot of Rockmart Memorial Gardens. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Daniel Forsyth, John Forsyth, Kenny Borders, Alec Brogdon, Brandon Borders and Nicholas Forsyth. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday prior to the service between the hours of 1:00 and 2:30 p.m. Freeman Harris Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral service for Mrs. Beatrice McCann Borders.