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Virgil Orville Jordan
13 Dec 1898 – 10 Jul 1922
| Birth | 13 Dec 1898 |
| Death | 10 Jul 1922 |
| Cemetery | Laurel Oak Cemetery Windsor , Henry County , Missouri , USA |
| Added by | Cindy Jenkins on 12 Mar 2011 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66826691 |
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His headstone says he was born on Dec. 13, 1898, but his death certificate says Jan. 13, 1900
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Virgil O. Jordan was born on Dec. 13, 1898 in Henry County, Missouri. (His dc says he was born on Jan. 13, 1900, the 1900 census says he was born in Dec. 1898 and his headstone says he was born on Dec. 13, 1898) He died on July 10th, 1922 in Warrensburg and is buried next to his father in Laurel Oak Cemetery in Windsor, Missouri. *The Windsor Review, Henry County, Missouri, July 13th, 1922. Virgil Jordan Dead – "Life has it's sunshine, it's shadows and it's joys." Some one has truly said. To no profession or calling is this more true, than to the newspaper man. He is called upon to write of joys of the public and then again with his heart aching fit to burst, he is called upon to write of the death of a friend. Such a duty has the writer this week in chronicling the death of Virgil O. Jordan, who died at the family home in Warrensburg, Monday morning at 5:20 o'clock after a week's illness from uraemic poisoning. The acquaintance of the writer with Virgil began something like five years ago in a business way. At first we thought he was reserved and hard to get really close to, but as time wore on there seemed to be a mutual attraction for us, something seemed to draw us closer and closer. One day he came into The Review office and presented us with a book of original poems written by him and upon the fly-leaf were these words. "Dedicated to My Friend, Charles H. Burgess". It was like a bolt from a clear sky and opened wide the floodgates of true friendship. Later he came into The Review office with the intentions of learning the printing business in all its branches. For nearly three years, he was one of our trusted employees and it was the earnest desire of all that he should receive the most careful and painstaking instruction. As we learned to know him better, he became more and more like a son or younger brother. In all that he was, in all that he expected to be, he had our best wishes and Godspeed. A month or more ago, he left Windsor for Kansas City with the intentions of going on to Liberty for the purpose of making arrangements to attend William Jewell College and eventually enter the ministry. He made arrangements and then went to Warrensburg, where his parents had recently moved and entered the employ of the Standard-Herald for the summer. He was taken seriously ill July 4th and grew gradually worse, being unconscious most of the time, until with a song upon his lips Monday morning, his immortal spirit wafted its flight to the God who gave it, to Him whom he loved so devotedly and to whom he was so true. He was more than friend to us and our heart is sad and our eyes fill with tears as we write these few feeble lines which say so little and yet, mean so much to us. In every line of endeavor or at his church, he was a most willing and efficient worker. It was said of him Tuesday, that he had done more to advance the cause of Christ than scores of ministers who are now filling the pulpits in the land. He had been president of the B.Y.P.U. at the Baptist church and had built it from a small beginning until it was the largest young people's society in Windsor. Quiet and unobtrusive, yet filled with indomitable courage and a desire to do good characterized his entire life. He was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Jordan and was born January 13th, 1900 in Henry County, near Roseland. He received his education in the Windsor public school and was a graduate from our high school. The family had resided in Windsor for many years, moving from here about June 1st to Warrensburg, where they have since resided. He is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Jordan, one brother, Reavis , and one sister, Irene, of Warrensburg, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Cannon, and a score of other relatives in Windsor and vicinity. The sorrowing relatives arrived overland from Warrensburg with the body, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and it was taken direct to the Baptist church, of which the deceased had been a member since early childhood, and Rev. J.C. House of Higginsville, his former pastor and friend, assisted by the pastor, Rev. G.W. Wright, conducted the funeral service and with a voice choked with emotion, paid a glowing tribute to the character and life of this sterling young man. The body was taken to beautiful Laurel Oak cemetery and laid to rest to await the resurrection morn. The writer, with the host of friends of the family in Windsor, extends to the bereaved relatives our hearts best sympathy in this their hour of sorrow and bereavement.
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