Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jordan, Willis L., 1949 

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Willis Jordan, 24, Killed on Highway 

  Willis Lee Jordan, 24, was found dead early September on Route 10 near 
Rushmere, the victim of a hit-and-run driver. 

  He left Newport News to hitchhike home to Dendron about 11:30 P.M. September 
4th and the accident is believed to have occurred around 2 A.M. Monday. 

  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.N. Jordan of Dendron.  Survivors include 
two brothers, Edwin Nixon Jordan of Dendron, and Eugene M. Jordan of Buckroe 
Beach. 

  Funeral services were conducted Wed., Sept. 7th, at the Dendron Baptist 
Church at 3 P.M. by the Rev. Philip May Hart, a high school classmate.  Burial 
was in the Wakefield Cemetery. 


Willis Lee JORDAN, highway construction worker, 
b. 7 Jun 1925, Dendron, Surry Co., 
killed in hit-and-run 5 Sep 1949, Rt. 10, near Rushmere, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 7 Sep 1949, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 32, No. 16, Wed., Sep. 14, 1949, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #127988447. 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 20774 (Hardy #26) 


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