Obituaries: Mary Dee Franklin Jordan, 1936, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 26, 1936 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. W. H. Jordan Dies Suddenly At Her Home Here

Funeral Services Conducted Monday Burial In Greenwood

Mrs. W. H. Jordan, 66 years, 8 months, and 24 days of age, who has been a
resident of Winnfield for the past twenty-odd years, died at her home suddenly
Monday morning at 4 o'clock.   Although she had been in ill health for a long
time, death came unexpectedly.

The funeral procession left the home here Monday afternoon at 2:30 for Bentley
where the last rites were conducted in the Bentley Baptist Church, of which
the deceased and her husband were charter members.  Dr. B. C. Land, pastor of
the Winnfield Baptist Church and the Rev. C. A. Vane, pastor of the Emmanuel
Baptist Church of Pineville had charge of the services.  Interment was in the
Greenwood Cemetery at Pineville.

Pallbearers were Alex S. Hill, A. I. Talton, O. L. Hughes, Vernon Ray, G. H.
Harrison, George Holmes, Richard Noah, and Jimmy Bemont.

Mrs. Jordan was born July 1, 1869 in Waldren, Scott County, Ark.  Before her
marriage to Mr. Jordan thirty-five years ago she was Mary Dee Elizabeth
Franklin.  She was a member of the Winnfield Baptist Church.

Surviving are the husband, W. H. Jordan; a nephew, Dee Franklin, whom she
reared; three brothers, D. C. Franklin, Pineville, Ben Franklin, Oklahoma, J.
Robert Franklin, Arkadelphia, Ark.; and two sisters, Mrs. S. R. Looper of
Winnfield and Mrs. T. O. Hart of Bentley.