Schley-Sumter County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jordan, William Sidney October 19, 1942
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The Ellaville Sun  Friday, October 23, 1942  No. 16
W.S. JORDAN, 47, SUCCUMBS MONDAY
William Sidney Jordan, 47, Americus druggist and member of a prominent family 
of this section, died at Prather Clinic, Americus, at noon Monday.  He had 
been in a critical condition since undergoing an emergency operation 11 days 
previously.  Funeral services were held at Ellaville Methodist church Tuesday 
afternoon at 5 o'clock, with the Rev. Roy J. Bond officiating.  He was 
assisted by the Rev. Mack Anthony, of Americus and the Rev. Hugh Dozier.  
Burial was in Ellaville cemetery.  The son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Jordan of 
Andrew Chapel community, he was born September 9, 1895.  He was a well-known 
pharmacist and for many years worked at Jordan's Drug Store.  After having 
operated a store at Savannah for a number of years, Mr. Jordan recently 
purchased the Americus Drug Company.  Mr. Jordan united with Andrew Chapel 
Methodist church early in life and at the time of his death was a member of 
the Grace church in Savannah.  In June, 1917, he married Miss Mary George 
Wall, of Schley county, who died August 19, 1941.  By a coincidence of dates 
his death occurred on the same day 14 months later.  He was a veteran of the 
First World War, having served in some of the most important battles of the 
fighting in France.  In honor of this service, his coffin was covered with a 
United States flag.  Mr. Jordan's untimely death is mourned by a large circle 
of friends.  Surviving are a son, Billy, with the Air Corps at Drew Field, 
Tampa, Fla.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Jordan; five sisters, Mrs. J.C. 
Feagin and Mrs. Woodrow James, of Americus; Mrs. Vera Roddenberry, Mrs. Gladys 
Hitchcock and Miss Myra Jordan, all of Macon.  Pallbearers were H.B. 
Arrington, Paul Gill, T.W. Wilson, T.H. Stevens, C.B. Strange, J.E. Stewart.



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