Mary Elizabeth Jordan, 88, of Greenville passed away May 13, 2010 at Hunt Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2:00 PM Satuday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joel Bench officiating. Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park.
Mrs. Jordan was born April 7, 1922 in Hunt County to James Arvil “Dutch” Shields and Sarah Elizabeth Glasscock Shields. In 1946, she married William “Bill” Shaw, and he preceded her in death in 1981. She then married Joe Jordan who also preceded her in death. Mary worked as a pastry chef for Dallas Independent School District and also worked in retail sales in several department stores. She attended schools in Quinlan and graduated from Quinlan High School. In 1944, she graduated from Baylor University. She was a member of Highland Terrace Baptist Church in Greenville and a former member of Shiloh Terrace Baptist Church and Golden Acres Synagogue in Dallas. She was also a member of the Eastern Star.
Her survivors include her daughter Charlotte Shaw of Greenville; son Larry Shaw of Ohio; sisters Annie Mae Noxsel and Opal Louise Kolberg of Dallas; grandchildren Tami Fischer of Greenville, Matthew Wayne Shaw of Ohio, and William Goldstein and wife, Abigail of Atlanta, Georgia; 9 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; daughter Margaret Elizabeth Shaw; sister Eunice Lummus; and brothers Jaybird Shields and Arden Shields.
Pallbearers will be Kevin Fisk, Joseph King, Joe Garcia, William Goldstein, James Moore, and Allen Portman.
