Mrs. Helen Jordan, 87, of Van Buren, died Saturday morning at Mulberry after an extended illness.? She was a former Fayetteville resident. A retired school teacher she was born Oct. 12, 1876 at Elk Valley, Tenn., the daughter of Eual and Helen Ellison Smith.? She was a member of the Baptist Church and the widow of Delmer Jordan.? Survivors include two sons; Smith of Mulberry and Eugene of Anaheim, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Jack Avance of Mulberry; five grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; one brother, C. C. Smith of Van Buren and two sisters, Mrs. Janie Gray of Van Buren and Mrs. Hester Pense of San Diego, Calif. ? Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Ockers Chapel in Van Buren.? Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery under the direction of Nelson's Funeral Home. Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Monday, September 14, 1964