Lela Mae Burr Jordan

Lela Mae Burr Jordan
WADESBORO -- Mrs. Jordan, 86, died Sunday, March 1, 2009 in Evergreens Senior Health Care in Greensboro, NC.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2009 in Mt. Beulah Baptist Church with Rev. Donald Wallace officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends in the church one hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Jordan was born in Anson County, NC on May 1, 1922, a daughter of the late Arthur Bogan and Bessie Moore Burr. Prior to moving to the Evergreens in Greensboro of 2001 she lived in Wadesboro. She spent most of her working years in ladies garment manufacturing where she retired and still worked part time in retail sales of ladies wear. She was a member of Mt. Beulah Baptist Church since 1948 where earlier in life she was a Sunday school teacher and choir member. She loved traveling and will be remembered for her pleasant personality, quick wit, and great sense of humor.
Survivors include her son, Robert R. (Kimberly) Jordan of Greensboro, NC; grandchildren, Monica (Doug) Folken of Charlotte, NC and Mark (Kate) Jordan of Huntington, WVA; great-grandchildren, Jordan and Ethan Folken of Charlotte, NC and Liza Kate and Mary Jordan of Huntington, WVA; and her sisters, Elizabeth Norris and Alice Covington of Greensboro, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband, Phillip Lee Jordan and a son, Thomas Jordan.
The family extends their utmost gratitude to the staff of Evergreens Senior Healthcare System in Greensboro for their loving care during her stay.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Beulah Baptist Church, 3373 Country Club Road, Wadesboro, NC 28170 or to the Alzheimer's Association, 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, NC 28215.
Leavitt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at leavittfuneralhomewadesboro.com.