Mildred Jennings Jordan

Laurinburg

Mrs. Mildred Jennings Jordan, 80, of 300 Turnpike Road died Wednesday, April 12, at her residence.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church officiated by the Rev. Lawrence B. Coleman. Burial will follow in Hillside Cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, Donald Jordan; a son, Don Jordan and his wife, Cecilia of Laurel, MD; two daughters, Peggy Womble and her husband, Theron of Sanford and Martha Shapiro and her husband, Gary of Laurinburg; six grandchildren, Leah Jordan and Matthew Jordan of Laurel, MD, Seth Womble and Jordan Womble of Sanford, Alan Shapiro and Michael Shapiro of Laurinburg.

Born April 25, 1919 in Greensboro, she was a daughter of the late G. Blair Jennings and Mae Spoon Jennings. She grew up in Lumberton and was a graduate of Mars Hill College and Carver Missions School in Louisville, KY. She came to Laurinburg during World War II as the director of Christian education at the First Baptist Church. An active member of the First Baptist Church, she also served as a Sunday school teacher, director of Vacation Bible School, choir member, director of Vacation Bible School, and held various positions in the WMU.

Memorials may be made to Hospice, PO Box 1033, Laurinburg, NC 28353 of the First Baptist Church, PO Box 883, Laurinburg, NC 28353.

Visitation will be 7 a