Obituary:  Linwood Micklem Jordan
Source:  The Daily Progress, August 15, 2003
Contributor:  Dennis Truslow, aquaair@erols.com
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  Linwood Micklem Jordan, 80, of Schuyler died Wednesday morning August 13, 
2003, at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
  Born May 8, 1923, he was the son of the late Morris Edward Jordan and 
Mattie Kidd Jordan and besides his parents he was preceded in death by his 
sister Eula Shifflett.
  Linwood, known lovingly by family and friends as "Fats" recently stayed 
at the Lovingston Health Care Center but was a lifetime resident of Schuyler.
  He is survived by his wife of 52 years Elizabeth Napier Jordan and very 
special family members, Wayne Franklin Napier Sr., and wife, Michele of 
Charlottesville, Angela Napier Wooten and husband, Mike of Shipman and Wayne 
Franklin Napier Jr., and wife Stephanie of New Market, Md.; four special great- 
grandchildren, Jessica, Jordan and Nelson Wooten all of Shipman and Evan 
Micklem Napier of New Market, Md.; other special family includes, Portia Lance 
and her husband, Tom of Charlottesville, a niece, Susie Taylor and her family 
of Richmond.
  Linwood worked for many years at the former Alberene Stone Co., in Schuyler 
where he served as Union President and later retired from Frank IX and Sons 
of Charlottesville. In recent years he enjoyed his time by reading and 
watching his favorite baseball team the Atlanta Braves. He also followed the 
progress of his great- grandchildren who played at Cove Creek Park and Nelson 
County High School.
  A funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Wells/Sheffield Funeral 
Chapel in Lovingston with Rev. John P. Campbell officiating with interment in 
the Gentry Family Cemetery at Schuyler.
  The family will receive friends tonight from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home 
and all other times at the family residence.

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