Obituaries: Fanny Liles Jordan (Mrs. W. M.), 1935, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 2, 1935 Winn Parish Enterprise

Aunt Fanny Jordan Succumbs to Long Illness April 21

Mrs. W. M. Jordan, affectionately known to the residents of the Jordan Hill
Community and a host of friends throughout the parish as "Aunt Fanny",
succumbed at the age of 70 years, 10 months, and 8 days at her home in the
Jordan Hill Community April 21st.

Mrs. Jordan, who had been in ill health for the last two years was stricken
with paralysis about three weeks before her death.  She was a native of Grant
Parish where she was raised and educated.  She was born on April 13, 1864 and
was married to Mr. W. M. Jordan in 1880.

Funeral services were conducted at the Jordan Hill Cemetery on April 22 by the
Rev. Harrison Cockerham, pastor of the Big Creek Baptist Church of which she
was a member with a host of relatives and friends present.

Surviving are five sons, Messrs. Marion, Joe, Ervin, Lawrence, and Lonnie
Jordan; five daughters, Mesdames Joe Atwell, Charley Smith, John Maxey, and
Monroe Rosier, all of Winnfield and Mrs. Lacy Boyett of Sprinhill, La.; forty
one grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren; two brothers, Messrs. Alf
Liles of Winnfield and Mr. John Liles of Monroe, La.; two sisters, Mesdames
Lizzie Forest and S. P. Smith of Winnfield, Route Two.

Pallbearers were John, Clifford, and Walter Bartley, Wade Moore, and Hatley
Lowery.

All of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren survive but two.