Leland E. Walborn was born July 7, 1940, the son of Earnest and Lillian Harmon Walborn, at Manchester, Oklahoma, and passed from this life on September 8, 2019, in Alva. Leland and Margaret Cutright were married February 5, 1965, and they made their home in the Amorita-Byron area where they lived their 54 years together.

Leland was a cowboy who had a love for and was good with his horses. He roped and doctored cattle for farmers and ranchers in the area and also owned and operated his cattle truck. In 1967 he started working at Alfalfa County District I as a road grader operator and continued...