OBITUARY:  Josephine Jordan, 1 Jun 1984 - Coke County, TX

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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX, June 15, 1984

Mrs. Jordan Rites In Calif.
	
Mrs. Josephine Jordan of Klamath, California passed away at 3 a.m. 
Friday June 1, 1984 in a Crescent City, Calif. hospital.
	
Funeral services were held Monday June 4, 1984 at 10 a.m. in the Wiers 
Mortuary Chapel with her son Dwayne Jordan of Gallup, New Mexico, 
officiating. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Elaine Jordan, sang, "In The Garden."
	
Burial was in the 100 F Memorial Cemetery under direction of the Wiers 
Mortuary at Crescent City, Calif.
	
Josephine LaVerda Adams was born June 9; 1920 in Burkburnett, Texas.
	
She moved to Coke County at an early age with her parents Mr. and Mrs. 
G.F. Adams and was reared in the Sanco area where she attended both 
Sanco and Robert Lee Schools, where she graduated in May 1939.
	
She married Robert Lee (Bob) Jordan in Big Spring, June 30, 1938. 
They moved to southern California in 1941 and have been residents of 
that state since.
	
Survivors include her husband Bob, of the home; 2 sons, Jerry of 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dwayne Jordan of Gallup, N. Mex; two 
daughters, Mrs. Ken Hall (Polly) of Puyallup, Washington, Mrs. Art
Gunninghand (Lorna) of Redlands, Calif; 3 brothers, Melvin Adams,
Ranger Texas, Jesse Adams of La Canada, Calif. Leon Adams of Santa 
Ana, Calif., 3 sisters, Mrs. Vera Mae Blair, Rescue, Calif., Mrs. 
Ray Foltz, Valencia, Calif., Mrs. J.M Prine Jr. (Mary) of Sanco, 
Texas.
	
She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Mrs. Minta 
Williams, in March of 1979.
	
Other relatives attending the funeral with the above listed were 
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jordan of Sacramento, Calif., Royal Jordan of 
Houston, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Audrey Peays, San Francisco, Mrs. 
Lynn Jordan, Albuquerque, New Mex., and Mrs. Elaine Jordan of 
Gallup, New Mex.

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