Obituaries: J. J. Jordan, 1929, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 4, 1929 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral For J. J. Jordan Held At Jordan Hill 

Native Son of Parish Claimed By Death, March 29, Buried Monday

Funeral services for J. J. Jordan who died at a hospital in Shreveport on
March 30, were held on Monday at the Jordan Hill Cemetery.  The Rev. J. D.
Kitchingham of Winnfield officiated.

Mr. Jordan was born in Winn Parish in 1883, and has lived in the parish all
his life.  He was married to Miss Elcie Tippens in 1907.  He was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Jordan.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elcie Jordan, and seven children, four
girls, Mrs. Otho Prince, Packton; Mrs. Rodford Victor, Hinton; Ollie and Audie
Jordan, and three boys, Sandord, Crawford (Cranford?), and Rayburn, of
Winnfield; four sisters, Mrs. M. W. Jordan, of Winnfield; Mrs. J. W. Liles,
Monroe; Mrs. James Rodford, Harrisonburg, and Mrs. Joseph Keene, of Rochelle,
and one half brother, W. M. Jordan, Sr., of Winnfield, and a host of relatives
and friends.

A friend in speaking of Mr. Jordan said: "He was loyal to his family and
community.  He has been a member of the Baptist church about 25 years and is a
devoted Christian."