Isle of Wight County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jordan, William F. Jr., 1972 

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William F. Jordan Jr., 82, 
Head of Moon Engineering 

  NORFOLK - William Francis Jordan Jr., 82, of 1125 Manchester Ave., president 
and general manager of Moon Engineering Co., and a former Isle of Wight oyster 
firm operator, died in a hospital Monday. 

  He was the husband of Mrs. Sadie Ferguson Rives Jordan and a son of William 
Francis and Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Johnson Jordan Sr. 

  He was an auditor for the U.S. Shipping Board from 1919 to 1920 and later 
established Moon Engineering Co. with Guy Moon and P.N. Gibbings. 

  In 1911 he established the Minga & Jordan oyster business at Battery Park. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he had lived here since 1918.  He was a 
Navy veteran of World War I. 

  He was a member of Episcopal Church of Good Shepherd and an alumnus of the 
Norfolk Division* of the College of William and Mary. 

  He was a member of the Virginia and United States chambers of commerce, 
Hampton Roads Maritime Association, and Southern States Industrial Council. 

  He was a member of the Chrysler Museum of Arts and Sciences, Hampton Roads 
Foreign Commerce Association, Friends of Boys Home in Covington, Jamestown 
Society, and Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, and assistant president of the 
Virginia Society for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. 

  He had been listed in "Who's Who in the South and Southwest," "Who's Who 
in Business and Commerce," and the "National Societ* Directory." 

  Surviving, besides his widow, are three stepsons, Virgil A. Rives, Dr. 
Aubrey T. Rives, and James T. Rives of Norfolk; two sisters, Miss Ella I. 
Jordan and Miss S. Elizabeth Jordan of Smithfield; and 10 grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments Thursday 
at 1 p.m.  Burial will be in Historic St. Luke's Cemetery, Smithfield, at 
2:30 p.m. 

  In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be sent to the 
William F. Jordan Memorial Fund of Historic St. Luke's Church, Smithfield, 
or to a charity. 

[photograph of "Jordan" included with obituary] 

[*extant copy of the obit marked twice with ballpoint pen - the phrase 
 "of the Norfok Division" struck, and Y added to Society.] 

William Francis JORDAN, Jr., of Norfolk, businessman, Navy veteran of WW-I, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 31 Oct 1972, age 82, 
interred in Historic St. Luke's Church Cemetery*, Benns Church, 2 Nov 1972, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Nov. 1, 1972, p. A10 

*William and his wife are on one side of an obelisk, his sisters each 
   have a side, and their father is marked on the fourth side. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} Old St. Luke's list (#17): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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