Amma Lillis Drinkard Jordan, age 92, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away peacefully at her home on November 3, 2020. She was surrounded by her loving husband and son at the time of her passing.
She was laid to rest at Magnolia Cemetery in Andalusia, Alabama on November 11, 2020 during a small graveside service attended by immediate family members. The service is scheduled to begin at 10 AM.
Amma was born in Pike County to Lorene Gibbons Drinkard and William Emory Drinkard on June 24, 1928. She attended Goshen High School, graduating in 1945 as the Valedictorian of her class. She married Milton Ray (Sam) Jordan on June 24, 1955 in Miami, Florida. Their journey together took them on an exciting adventure as they moved throughout the country following his career as a Civil Engineer. They resided in Montgomery, Alabama; New Orleans, Louisiana (twice); Houston, Texas (twice); Birmingham, Alabama; Whittier and Orange, California; Boise, Idaho; Richmond, Virginia and finally Austin, Texas before finally retiring in Montgomery, Texas. Even then, they moved on to Willis, Texas and Mobile, Alabama before finally settling in Mansfield, Texas near their son and daughter-in-law for the last dozen years of her life.
Amma worked steadily before their marriage and throughout the 1950s and 1960s as a legal secretary before giving up her career in 1968 to raise her son. She was an avid reader, painter and gardener who created beautiful spaces both inside and outside each one of her homes.
Amma is preceded in death by her parents, Lorene Gibbons Drinkard and William Emory Drinkard.
She was laid to rest at Magnolia Cemetery in Andalusia, Alabama on November 11, 2020 during a small graveside service attended by immediate family members. The service is scheduled to begin at 10 AM.
Amma was born in Pike County to Lorene Gibbons Drinkard and William Emory Drinkard on June 24, 1928. She attended Goshen High School, graduating in 1945 as the Valedictorian of her class. She married Milton Ray (Sam) Jordan on June 24, 1955 in Miami, Florida. Their journey together took them on an exciting adventure as they moved throughout the country following his career as a Civil Engineer. They resided in Montgomery, Alabama; New Orleans, Louisiana (twice); Houston, Texas (twice); Birmingham, Alabama; Whittier and Orange, California; Boise, Idaho; Richmond, Virginia and finally Austin, Texas before finally retiring in Montgomery, Texas. Even then, they moved on to Willis, Texas and Mobile, Alabama before finally settling in Mansfield, Texas near their son and daughter-in-law for the last dozen years of her life.
Amma worked steadily before their marriage and throughout the 1950s and 1960s as a legal secretary before giving up her career in 1968 to raise her son. She was an avid reader, painter and gardener who created beautiful spaces both inside and outside each one of her homes.
Amma is preceded in death by her parents, Lorene Gibbons Drinkard and William Emory Drinkard.
Amma Lillis Drinkard Jordan, age 92, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away peacefully at her home on November 3, 2020. She was surrounded by her loving husband and son at the time of her passing.
She was laid to rest at Magnolia Cemetery in Andalusia, Alabama on November 11, 2020 during a small graveside service attended by immediate family members. The service is scheduled to begin at 10 AM.
Amma was born in Pike County to Lorene Gibbons Drinkard and William Emory Drinkard on June 24, 1928. She attended Goshen High School, graduating in 1945 as the Valedictorian of her class. She married Milton Ray (Sam) Jordan on June 24, 1955 in Miami, Florida. Their journey together took them on an exciting adventure as they moved throughout the country following his career as a Civil Engineer. They resided in Montgomery, Alabama; New Orleans, Louisiana (twice); Houston, Texas (twice); Birmingham, Alabama; Whittier and Orange, California; Boise, Idaho; Richmond, Virginia and finally Austin, Texas before finally retiring in Montgomery, Texas. Even then, they moved on to Willis, Texas and Mobile, Alabama before finally settling in Mansfield, Texas near their son and daughter-in-law for the last dozen years of her life.
Amma worked steadily before their marriage and throughout the 1950s and 1960s as a legal secretary before giving up her career in 1968 to raise her son. She was an avid reader, painter and gardener who created beautiful spaces both inside and outside each one of her homes.
Amma is preceded in death by her parents, Lorene Gibbons Drinkard and William Emory Drinkard.
She was laid to rest at Magnolia Cemetery in Andalusia, Alabama on November 11, 2020 during a small graveside service attended by immediate family members. The service is scheduled to begin at 10 AM.
Amma was born in Pike County to Lorene Gibbons Drinkard and William Emory Drinkard on June 24, 1928. She attended Goshen High School, graduating in 1945 as the Valedictorian of her class. She married Milton Ray (Sam) Jordan on June 24, 1955 in Miami, Florida. Their journey together took them on an exciting adventure as they moved throughout the country following his career as a Civil Engineer. They resided in Montgomery, Alabama; New Orleans, Louisiana (twice); Houston, Texas (twice); Birmingham, Alabama; Whittier and Orange, California; Boise, Idaho; Richmond, Virginia and finally Austin, Texas before finally retiring in Montgomery, Texas. Even then, they moved on to Willis, Texas and Mobile, Alabama before finally settling in Mansfield, Texas near their son and daughter-in-law for the last dozen years of her life.
Amma worked steadily before their marriage and throughout the 1950s and 1960s as a legal secretary before giving up her career in 1968 to raise her son. She was an avid reader, painter and gardener who created beautiful spaces both inside and outside each one of her homes.
Amma is preceded in death by her parents, Lorene Gibbons Drinkard and William Emory Drinkard.
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