Obituary of Dorothy E. Jordan

Dorothy English Jordan, 87, widow of Arnold Byrd Jordan, died Friday, March 25, 2016, in Florida. Born in Bishopville, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Wilson English and Willie Bell Jackson English. Mrs. Jordan was a member of Alice Drive Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Winthrop College and was a retired accounting clerk with Sumter Area Technical College. Surviving are two sons, Arnold B. Jordan, Jr. and wife Carol Umfrid of Rapid City, SD and Stephen E. Jordan and wife Kathy Cunningham of Kenneth City, FL; a daughter, Elizabeth Jordan Evans and husband Gary of Land O’ Lakes, FL; 9 grandchildren, Myia (Jordan) Greene, Brit, Mary, Patti, Bobbi and Adam Jordan, and Jay, Jordan and Alissa Evans; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial Services will be held at 2 P.M. Friday, April 8, 2016, at Alice Drive Baptist Church with Dr. Clay Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 P.M. Friday, at the church, prior to the service. Memorials may be made to Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road, Sumter, SC 29150. On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386.