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Frances Jordan was born on July 3, 1926 in El Paso, TX to William Sherman and Alvera Trayler. She went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 18, 2015. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at the funeral home with family present from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:00a.m., Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Full Gospel Assembly with burial to follow in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens. Services are under the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home/Sherwood Way.
Frances loved God, her family and her friends. She was a member of Full Gospel Assembly for many years. She was a nurse’s aide at Baptist Memorial for thirty-five years. She also worked private duty with individuals in their homes until she retired.
After her retirement she worked her puzzle books, played Skipbo and Chicken Foot. If you went to visit her you couldn’t leave without playing a game of Chicken Foot. She always had them with her and ready to play.
She married Charles Edward Whitesell on February 27, 1947 until his death May 21, 1971. During this time she was a loving stay at home mom of three sons, Frank Sherman, Charles Edward, Jr. and William Arnel all of San Angelo, TX; three daughters, Donita Donaldson (Charles) of Tribbey, OK, Deana Dodge (David) of Carlsbad, TX and Denise Whitesell (Stuart) of San Angelo, TX; she had twelve grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter.
She married R.D. Jordan June 16, 1980 in which she shared with him three step daughters, Sharon, Debbie and Susan and acquired numerous grandchildren. He preceded her in death February 3, 2013.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Sonny Trayler and William Jack Trayler; sister, Dorothy Mildred Dodson; sons, Frank Sherman Whitesell and Charles Edward Whitesell; two grandsons, William and Bailey Whitesell.
Survivors include her sister, Rena LaNelle Johnson of Deming, N.M.; her three daughters; one son; her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great granddaughter; nieces and nephews, too many to count; her three step daughters and numerous other grandchildren and great grandchildren from her marriage to R.D. She will be missed by all her family and friends.