Roberta Florence Jordan

Published 9:55 am Thursday, January 12, 2017

Roberta Florence Jordan, 90, Leland, departed this life Jan. 4, 2017, at her daughter’s home in Lancaster, Pa.

Born in Vicksburg July 18, 1926, to the late Robert Miller and Artimese Galloway Miller. She married the late Dave Jordan in 1952, who she shared her life with until his death in 1991, where they lived in Greenville.

Roberta is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Miller and Artimese Galloway Miller; stepfather, Will Johnson; two sisters, Mildred Miller and Coretha Miller Perkins; and one brother, Ernest Jackson.

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She is survived by two children, Sharon McFadden (Michael) and Michael Paul Jordan of Lancaster, Pa.; grandchildren and three sisters, Frances Pearline Williams, Delores Miller Hemphill and Beverly Jean Gaskin, all of Vicksburg.

Visitation will be Jan. 13 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Redmon Funeral Home. Services will be at New Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church of Leland, Mississippi at 11 a.m.