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Subject: [SCDILLON] Thelma Mozelle Cooper Jordan
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:15:27 EST

Thelma Mozelle Cooper Jordan, wife of the late Arthur Buist Jordan, Jr.,
died after declining health, at Dillon Healthcare, Inc. (Pines Nursing Home) on
Thursday, 18 January, 2007.
Mrs. Jordan was 102 years old and had been in the Thorne Retirement Center,
Lake View, for two years prior to moving to The Pines Nursing Home in December
2002.
Mrs. Jordan was born 3 November, 1904 at Buffalo Pond near the town of
Springfield in Orangeburg County. At an early age the family moved to Springfield
where she grew up in a large family. She was the twelfth of thirteen children
who were raised with a strong Baptist influence.
Thelma C. Jordans father, Henry Garvin Cooper, and mother, Elizabeth Corbett,
both were born in Orangeburg County. Mrs. Jordan graduated from Chicora
College in Columbia, now known as Queens College in Charlotte, N.C. She came to
Dillon in 1928 as a teacher and married Arthur Buist Jordan, Jr. in 1930. She
was a member of the Dillon High School faculty for more than twenty years and
earlier taught at East Elementary School. She taught four generations of
children during her nearly forty years of teaching. She started her teaching
career prior to Mr. J.V. Martin accepting his position as Superintendent and
during the Depression years was paid in script rather than money.
Mrs. Jordan was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church where she had
been a faithful member since 1930 and held many important offices on both
the local and state levels. She served two terms as President of the Womens
Society of Christian Service, was a member of the Wightman-Cottingham Circle,
The Administrative Board of Main Street United Methodist Church, a charter
member of The Etudier Club which was organized in 1938. In 1988, she was
presented a plaque by the General Federation of Womens Clubs for outstanding work and
distinguished service to the community and state. She was a former member of
the Rose Garden Club.
Survivors include her son, Arthur Buist Jordan, III (Carleene Myers), Dillon,
four grandchildren, Mrs. Darleene Jordan Lathan (Edwin Kelley) of
Greenville, S.C., Arthur Buist Jordan, IV (Elizabeth Hunter), Thomas Myers Jordan
(Ellen Hunter) and Lawrence Cooper Jordan (Angela Zunk Lloyd), all of Dillon, one
sister, Pansy Cooper Baughman, Columbia, twelve great-grandchildren and
numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, 20 January, 2007 at Kannaday Funeral
Home. Services will be Sunday, 21 January, 2007 at 3 p.m. at Main Street
United Methodist Church, Dillon, conducted by the Rev. Mike Rouse. Organist,
Robin Thompson, pianist, Polly Elkins, and soloists, Shaw and Rebecca Thompson
and Arlene and David Boyd, will provide special music requested by Mrs. Jordan
several years ago. She will be laid to rest in Greenlawn Cemetery by
Kannaday Funeral Home.
Active Pallbearers are her three grandsons, Arthur Buist Jordan, IV, Thomas
Myers Jordan, Lawrence Cooper Jordan, grandson-in-law, Edwin Kelley Lathan,
Jr. and two great-grandsons, Arthur Buist Jordan, V and Edwin Corbett Lathan.
There are five Honorary Pallbearers consisting of Thomas Myers Jordan, Jr.,
Edwin Hunter Jordan, Madison James Jordan, Lawrence Cooper Jordan, Jr. and
James Dawson Jordan, all great-grandsons.
Published in the Morning News on 1/20/2007.

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