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.