Services for Mrs. Billie L. Jordan, 88, of Pollok, will be held in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Wells.
Mrs. Jordan was born November 5, 1928 in Grant Parish, Colfax, Louisiana, the daughter of the late Theodocia (Docia) (Hamberlin) and William Haden Griffin. She passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at her residence.
Mrs. Jordan married Benjamin P. Jordan on November 8, 1958 and enjoyed 51-1/2 years of marriage.
She was employed with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (now AT&T) for 30 years. She retired at the age of 52 years so that she and her son could move to the country. Her husband retired 1-1/2 years later and joined her and her son. They enjoyed truck farming and sharing with their friends and shut-ins. She and her husband were members of a line dancing group in Lufkin for almost 30 years. Mrs. Jordan was a member of Falvey Memorial Methodist Church in Wells.
Survivors include her daughter, Nadine Patricia Chaney; son and daughter-in-law, Michael H. and Melissa Jordan; numerous grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Law Gene and Juanita Griffin; sister-in-law, Audrey Robinson and husband Clyde; and numerous cousins, nephews, nieces and friends.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Jordan was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin P. Jordan; brothers, William Ray Griffin and wife Deadra, Walter Laverne Griffin, James Haden Griffin, Wilmer and James Edwin Griffin; sister, Aline Ashe; and sisters-in-law, Naomi Greenville and Opal Few.
Services placed in trust of Gipson Funeral Home.
Edited - full obit published in The Lufkin Daily News on Mar. 23, 2017
Mrs. Jordan was born November 5, 1928 in Grant Parish, Colfax, Louisiana, the daughter of the late Theodocia (Docia) (Hamberlin) and William Haden Griffin. She passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at her residence.
Mrs. Jordan married Benjamin P. Jordan on November 8, 1958 and enjoyed 51-1/2 years of marriage.
She was employed with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (now AT&T) for 30 years. She retired at the age of 52 years so that she and her son could move to the country. Her husband retired 1-1/2 years later and joined her and her son. They enjoyed truck farming and sharing with their friends and shut-ins. She and her husband were members of a line dancing group in Lufkin for almost 30 years. Mrs. Jordan was a member of Falvey Memorial Methodist Church in Wells.
Survivors include her daughter, Nadine Patricia Chaney; son and daughter-in-law, Michael H. and Melissa Jordan; numerous grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Law Gene and Juanita Griffin; sister-in-law, Audrey Robinson and husband Clyde; and numerous cousins, nephews, nieces and friends.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Jordan was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin P. Jordan; brothers, William Ray Griffin and wife Deadra, Walter Laverne Griffin, James Haden Griffin, Wilmer and James Edwin Griffin; sister, Aline Ashe; and sisters-in-law, Naomi Greenville and Opal Few.
Services placed in trust of Gipson Funeral Home.
Edited - full obit published in The Lufkin Daily News on Mar. 23, 2017
Services for Mrs. Billie L. Jordan, 88, of Pollok, will be held in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Wells.
Mrs. Jordan was born November 5, 1928 in Grant Parish, Colfax, Louisiana, the daughter of the late Theodocia (Docia) (Hamberlin) and William Haden Griffin. She passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at her residence.
Mrs. Jordan married Benjamin P. Jordan on November 8, 1958 and enjoyed 51-1/2 years of marriage.
She was employed with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (now AT&T) for 30 years. She retired at the age of 52 years so that she and her son could move to the country. Her husband retired 1-1/2 years later and joined her and her son. They enjoyed truck farming and sharing with their friends and shut-ins. She and her husband were members of a line dancing group in Lufkin for almost 30 years. Mrs. Jordan was a member of Falvey Memorial Methodist Church in Wells.
Survivors include her daughter, Nadine Patricia Chaney; son and daughter-in-law, Michael H. and Melissa Jordan; numerous grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Law Gene and Juanita Griffin; sister-in-law, Audrey Robinson and husband Clyde; and numerous cousins, nephews, nieces and friends.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Jordan was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin P. Jordan; brothers, William Ray Griffin and wife Deadra, Walter Laverne Griffin, James Haden Griffin, Wilmer and James Edwin Griffin; sister, Aline Ashe; and sisters-in-law, Naomi Greenville and Opal Few.
Services placed in trust of Gipson Funeral Home.
Edited - full obit published in The Lufkin Daily News on Mar. 23, 2017
Mrs. Jordan was born November 5, 1928 in Grant Parish, Colfax, Louisiana, the daughter of the late Theodocia (Docia) (Hamberlin) and William Haden Griffin. She passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at her residence.
Mrs. Jordan married Benjamin P. Jordan on November 8, 1958 and enjoyed 51-1/2 years of marriage.
She was employed with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (now AT&T) for 30 years. She retired at the age of 52 years so that she and her son could move to the country. Her husband retired 1-1/2 years later and joined her and her son. They enjoyed truck farming and sharing with their friends and shut-ins. She and her husband were members of a line dancing group in Lufkin for almost 30 years. Mrs. Jordan was a member of Falvey Memorial Methodist Church in Wells.
Survivors include her daughter, Nadine Patricia Chaney; son and daughter-in-law, Michael H. and Melissa Jordan; numerous grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Law Gene and Juanita Griffin; sister-in-law, Audrey Robinson and husband Clyde; and numerous cousins, nephews, nieces and friends.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Jordan was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin P. Jordan; brothers, William Ray Griffin and wife Deadra, Walter Laverne Griffin, James Haden Griffin, Wilmer and James Edwin Griffin; sister, Aline Ashe; and sisters-in-law, Naomi Greenville and Opal Few.
Services placed in trust of Gipson Funeral Home.
Edited - full obit published in The Lufkin Daily News on Mar. 23, 2017
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