Teresa Jordan

Teresa H. Jordan EDENTON - Teresa H. Jordan, 61, died Aug. 15, 2008, at home. Mrs. Jordan was born in Edenton, N.C. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Anthony and Etta Hathaway. Mrs. Jordan was a retired educator and worked for 30 years as an elementary teacher at D.F. Walker and Swain Elementary Schools and two years in Smithfield, Va. Survivors include her husband, John Isaac Jordan; two daughters, Minister Lynetta Jordan of Elizabeth City, Anita Elizabeth (Julian) Wallace of Edenton; one stepdaughter, Joivonni (Tim) Ewing of Durham, N.C.; mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Fain of Tyner, N.C.; three brothers, Anthony Hathaway III of Edenton, Roger (Ida) Hathaway of Hampton, the Rev. Gary (Cathy) Hathaway of Chattanooga, Tenn.; four brothers-in-law, Herbert "Matt" Mathews of Edenton, Richard Danny (Myra) Fain and Larry Fain of Tyner and the Rev. Jerald (Deborah) Perry Sr. of Edenton; sister, the Rev. Edna (Calvin) Lawrence of Chesapeake; two sisters-in-law, Carrie "Kaye" (Edward) Privott of Tyner, Elizabeth (Gilbert) Bartlett of Newport News; four aunts, Rosa "Turk" Valentine of Edenton; two uncles, Paul (Cathy) Hankins of Castle Hayne, N.C., and Charles A. Hathaway of Baltimore; and four grandchildren. The family will receive friends at 183 Old Hertford Road, Edenton, N.C. A viewing will be held today from 6 to 7 p.m. in New Kadesh AME Zion Church, 1001 Badham Road, Edenton. A celebration service will be held Monday in Edenton United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 225 Virginia Road, Edenton. Mrs. Jordan will lie in repose from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. and the funeral will begin at noon. The Jordan Family has entrusted services to Rowsom Funeral Home, 104 N. Oakum St., Edenton.