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Mary W. Raiford Jordan

Mary Jordan Obituary

Civil Service Retiree HARLEM, Ga. - Mrs. Mary W. Raiford Jordan, of Gordon Highway, entered into rest Thursday, September 27, 2007 at the residence. Funeral service will be held Saturday, October 6, 2007 at 2 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Leroy Rankin officiating. Burial will be at Second Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Harlem, Ga. Mrs. Jordan was a native of Columbia Co., Ga. and was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church, Campania, Ga. Mrs. Jordan was a retired employee of Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Survivors are three daughters, Joann Hawthorne, Grovetown, Ga., Beatrice Raiford, Atlanta, Ga. and Deborah Jordan, Harlem; two sons, Melvin Raiford, Atlanta, Gregory Lewis Raiford, Oxon Hills, Md.; three sisters, Julia McDougal, Edith Marshall, Augusta and Viola Watts, Harlem; two brothers, Lloyd Raiford, Macon, Ga. and Franklin Smith, Augusta; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Williams Funeral Home, 1765 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com

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Published by Oklahoman on Oct. 5, 2007.

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Lavone Cook

October 8, 2007

Be Still

Be still like the grass on a melancholy summer day
Be still like desert shrub.

Be calm and you will hear your loved one speak, in the stillness, in the calm, their love resounds.

If you are still this promise I make, you will hear the voice of your loved one helping you along your way.

Patricia McGahee Oatman

October 7, 2007

Love to all.

MARY GARNETT

October 6, 2007

May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.

BILLY D. DAVIS

October 5, 2007

Please accept my deepest sympathies.

alexander mcdougal

October 5, 2007

my prayer are with the family and every one in the hour of your sorry

MARY HOWZE

October 5, 2007

May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.

MATTIE ADAMS

October 5, 2007

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

MATTIE ADAMS

October 5, 2007

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

MATTIE TANKERSLEY

October 5, 2007

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well-lived.

MILLICENT WASHINGTON

October 5, 2007

Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you.

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