Escom F. Borders, 92, Bradenton, died June 22, 2003.

 

He was born September 19, 1910 in London, Ohio, and came to Manatee County in 1960 from Minford, Ohio. 

 

He was a retired auditor who worked in accounting and auditing for Manatee County and Scioto County, Ohio school systems.  He was a 50-year member of Lucasville Lodge 465 F & AM in Lucasville, Lion's Club in Bradenton and Portsmouth and was former chairman of the Board of Directors at Westminster Asbury Towers in Bradenton for several years.

 

He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Bradenton.  He attended Bliss College of Business in Portsmouth, Ohio.

 

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; a daughter, Phyllis Seidel of Portsmouth; a stepdaughter, Barbara Jeffers of Watertown, Wis; a stepson, Don Bellville of Grant's Pass, Oregan; a sister, Louise Nibert of Portsmouth, eight grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and eight step great-grandchildren.

 

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Shannon Funeral Home, Town Chapel with a Masonic Service at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. at First United Church in Bradenton, with funeral service to follow at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church.  A reception will follow.  Burial will be in Skyway Memorial Gardens in Palmetto.

 

Memoral donations may be made to First United Methodist Church of Bradenton, 603 11th Street West, Bradenton, FL 34205.