Extracted from The Corpus Christi Times (Corpus Christi, TX)
Tuesday, December 4, 1956

Melville Jordan

Funeral services for Melville Wesley Jordan, 60, who died at 9:10 a.m. yesterday at his home, 220 Watson, were held at 9:30 a.m. today at Cage-Mills Funeral Chapel with John Goodwin, Church of Christ minister, officiating. The body was to be sent to Sabinal for burial at 4 p.m. today.

Jordan had lived here since 1942 and was a member of North Beach Church of Christ.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. William M. Jordan of Corpus Christi; one son, J. W. Jordan of McCamey, Texas; one brother, R. G. of San Antonio; two sisters, Mrs. G. A. Fikes of Mercedes and Miss Glenn Jordan of Corpus Christi, and two grandchildren.