Barbara Jean Martin Jordan's Obituary
Funeral services for Mrs. Barbara Jean Martin-Jordan, 69, of Leesville, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday July 2, 2008 at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Leesville. Burial will follow in the Pine Grove Hawthorne Cemetery in Leesville.
Mrs. Jordan passed away Wednesday June 25, 2008.
Mrs. Jordan was a Media Specialist for the Ft. Benning, Georgia Post Library. During her residence in Georgia she was a member of the Pinehurst Baptist Church in Columbus, as well as the Leader of the Women’s Prayer Group. Barbara was also a retired federal civil service employee and a member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Leesville. She was very active in her church and community.
Barbara is survived by her mother, Verlina Martin of Leesville; son, Darrell Martin of Pineville; three brothers, Joseph Isaiah Martin Jr. of Leesville, Eddie Martin of Baton Rouge and Thomas Ray Martin of New Llano; and sister Jacquelyn M. Shaw of Little Rock, Ark.; as well as a host of friends.
Mrs. Jordan was preceded in death by her husband Roosevelt Jordan and her father, Joseph Isaiah Martin Sr.
Visitation will be held Wednesday July 2 from 9 a.m. until time of the service in the church.
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