Wake County NcArchives Obituaries.....Jordan, Julia Graham January 25, 1995
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the Julia G. Jordan Papers, Collection No. 666. East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Julia Graham Jordan
	Raleigh – Julia Graham Jordan, born in Hookerton and lifelong resident 
of Raleigh, died, January 25, 1995 at Mayview.  She was 99 years old.  She 
lived in three historic residences, the Queen Anne house at 532 North 
Wilmington Street, owned by the family until 1975; a Victorian cottage at 
Dorothea Dix Hospital, where her father, Dr. Thomas M. Jordan was on the 
medical staff, and Spring Hill, where Dr. Jordan and his family resided while 
he pioneered treatment for patients suffering from seizures.  She was a member 
of Edenton Street United Methodist Church.
	Miss Jordan is survived by nieces and nephews, William McKay Jordan of 
Newport Beach, Calif., Richard B. Jordan of Fresno, Calif., Francis Dixon 
Jordan of Springfield, Va., Kathleen Lazar Baskin of Bishopville, S.C., 
Dorothy Lazar Tribble of Alameda, Calif., Dr. James T. Lazar of Clemson, S.C., 
Ethel Lazar Cherniss of San Leandro, Calif., the Reverend Julian Lazar of 
Florence, S.C., Virginia Tate Alexander of Cincinnati, Ohio, Francis Tate 
Blair of Wollaston, Mass., Nettie Tate Graham of Santa Maria, Calif., Betty 
Bell O’Byrn of Gainesville, Fla., Dr. William H. Jordan of Bethesda, Md., Dr. 
Weldon H. Jordan of Fayetteville, Louise J. Smith of Greensboro.
	“Miss Julia” a she was known before retirement, was a “liberated 
woman” long before such a term was in use.  She swam, rode horseback and out 
fisher her companions.  Early recollections always associated her with a Model 
A. roadster.  Her memory of North Carolina roadways was perfect even past 90 
years of age.
	Miss Jordan will be remembered by many generations of Saint Mary’s 
College students as the red haired lady with green eyeshade in the business 
office.
	Beginning in 1931, Miss Jordan took over the care of the family home 
across the street from Peace College until it was purchased to be used by 
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources in 1975.  There was always 
room for another guest.
	Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, at a date to be announced.
	Arrangements by Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, St. Marry’s Street, 8284-311.
“Deaths Notices” [Raleigh, NC paper] Cutting found in the Julia G. Jordan 
Papers, Collection No. 666. East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J.Y. Joyner 
Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.


Additional Comments:
Great Aunt Julia lived in Raleigh at the time of her death.  This cutting 
found in her papers is most likely from a Raleigh, NC paper.

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