Norman Ellis “Karo” Jordan, age 79 of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, passed away December 27, 2012 in Brandon, Florida, with family nearby.
A service to celebrate his life will be Monday, December 31, at 12:00 p.m., at Old Brick Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends for visitation from 11:00 a.m. until service time. Interment will be in Old Brick Cemetery.
Reverend and nephew, Chad Holder of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and nephew, Eddie Breeden of New Johnsonville, Tennessee, will officiate the service.
Mr. Jordan was born in Colbert County, Alabama. He worked 40 years with the Tennessee Valley Authority as an ironworker and enjoyed RV travel in his retirement. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and a charter member of Park Terrace Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Sheffield, Alabama.
Mr. Jordan was the son of the late Prince Alvie Jordan and Annie Lee Keenum Jordan Trousdale, and husband of the late Reba Louise Breeden Jordan. Also preceding him in death were his two brothers, Charles O’neal Jordan and William Hoover Jordan.
Survivors include his daughters, Linda Sue Jordan Marshall and husband Richard, of Tampa, Florida, and Lezlee Rose Jordan Leatherwood and husband Dan, of Birmingham, Alabama; his sister, Katie Myhan (husband Robert D. “Bob” Myhan), sister-in-law, Bobbie Jordan, and many nieces and nephews. His cherished grandchildren include Jordan Paul Marshall, Allan James Marshall, Alyssa Jordan Leatherwood and Daniel Jay Leatherwood.
