Obituaries: Ellis H. Jordan, 1953, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 8, 1953 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services Ellis H. Jordan, Accident Victim

Funeral services for Ellis H. Jordan, 42 year old Winn Parish man, were held
at 3:30 Wednesday at Big Creek Baptist Church.  Mr. Jordan died as a result of
injuries received while on a construction job in Camden, Ark., Tuesday.

It was reported that Mr. Jordan was working a 30 foot scaffold, when he
slipped and fell, striking his head on a pipe.  He died a short while later in
a Camden hospital of a fractured skull.  He was employed with Leavell-Utah
Construction Co., at the U. S. Naval ammunition depot in Camden, where he had
been working about 15 months.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. B. Barton and Rev. C. A. Cockerham.
Burial was in Big Creek Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Survivors are his widow, two daughters, Naomi Jordan and Norma Jean Jordan,
both students in the Winnfield school; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Jordan
of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. Chastine Wilder of Tullos and Mrs. Joe
McCartney of Olla.

Masoncic graveside services were held with the following active pallbearers: 
Clifford Bartley, William Antley, Leon Moore, Aaron Creel, Lloyd B. Smith, and
Julius Smith.