1960
Theresa
2013
Theresa Elizabeth Jordan
January 1, 1960 — October 19, 2013
SERVICES: 2:30 PM TUESDAY AT CROSSGATES BAPTIST CHURCH
VISITATION: 1 PM TUESDAY UNTIL SERVICE TIME
Mrs. Theresa Elizabeth Jordan, 53, passed away on October 19, 2013, at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson, MS, surrounded by her loving family. A visitation ceremony will be held at Crossgates Baptist Church in Brandon, MS, on October 22, from 1:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M, and a celebration service will immediately follow.
Theresa Elizabeth Jordan was born on January 1, 1960, in Natchitoches, LA, to Reverend Homer Bernard and Maxine Nail. Her family eventually settled in Brandon, MS, where she graduated from Brandon High School in 1977. She began her college studies at Mississippi State University and earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1981. Theresa married her best friend and soul mate, Mark Harvey Jordan, on August 22, 1981, one week after Mark was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force. They enjoyed a caring, God-centered union for thirty-two years.
Theresa loved Jesus Christ with a passion and was blessed by Him with a selfless spirit and a kind heart: She taught and nurtured children with special needs as a teacher’s assistant for six years; hospitably opened her home to hundreds of her husband’s Squadron Officer School students and Air Command and Staff College officers; invested much of her time in children’s ministries as the writer/director of several plays for her local church; and tended to the poor and homeless in the area by providing comfort, clothing, and food whenever possible. She graciously served her family as a doting mother, wife, and friend, and, most importantly, served her Lord by allowing Him to live through her to impact others with the love of Christ.
She is survived by her husband, Mark; son Marcus Jordan; daughter Katherine Phillips; son-in-law Austin Phillips; mother and father, Reverend Homer Bernard and Maxine Nail; her sisters, Pat McLeod and Daphne Keene; and her brother Jeff Nail.
In lieu of a memorial, Theresa has requested that anyone interested in donating should instead perform an act of kindness for someone else in need.
VISITATION: 1 PM TUESDAY UNTIL SERVICE TIME
Mrs. Theresa Elizabeth Jordan, 53, passed away on October 19, 2013, at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson, MS, surrounded by her loving family. A visitation ceremony will be held at Crossgates Baptist Church in Brandon, MS, on October 22, from 1:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M, and a celebration service will immediately follow.
Theresa Elizabeth Jordan was born on January 1, 1960, in Natchitoches, LA, to Reverend Homer Bernard and Maxine Nail. Her family eventually settled in Brandon, MS, where she graduated from Brandon High School in 1977. She began her college studies at Mississippi State University and earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1981. Theresa married her best friend and soul mate, Mark Harvey Jordan, on August 22, 1981, one week after Mark was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force. They enjoyed a caring, God-centered union for thirty-two years.
Theresa loved Jesus Christ with a passion and was blessed by Him with a selfless spirit and a kind heart: She taught and nurtured children with special needs as a teacher’s assistant for six years; hospitably opened her home to hundreds of her husband’s Squadron Officer School students and Air Command and Staff College officers; invested much of her time in children’s ministries as the writer/director of several plays for her local church; and tended to the poor and homeless in the area by providing comfort, clothing, and food whenever possible. She graciously served her family as a doting mother, wife, and friend, and, most importantly, served her Lord by allowing Him to live through her to impact others with the love of Christ.
She is survived by her husband, Mark; son Marcus Jordan; daughter Katherine Phillips; son-in-law Austin Phillips; mother and father, Reverend Homer Bernard and Maxine Nail; her sisters, Pat McLeod and Daphne Keene; and her brother Jeff Nail.
In lieu of a memorial, Theresa has requested that anyone interested in donating should instead perform an act of kindness for someone else in need.
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