Irene Jordan

BERNIE, Mo. — Irene “Sidder” Smith Jordan, daughter of the late Arthur Lee Smith and Elma Rogers Smith, was born on April 8, 1932, in Essex, Missouri, and departed this life on Sept. 21, 2022, at Winchester Nursing Center, in Bernie at the age of 90 years.

Mrs. Jordan was a former employee of the State of Missouri, working at the Regional Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was a member of Risen Church in Dexter, a former resident of Gray Ridge and Dexter, and for several years, she enjoyed living at Central Gardens in Dexter. She enjoyed writing poetry for her family and friends.

On Sept. 26, 1948, near Essex, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Rev. Henry Jordan. Rev. Jordan preceded her in death on Nov. 22, 1999. For 50 years, Rev. and Mrs. Jordan pastored various General Baptist Churches including Parma, White Oak, Gray Ridge, New Bethel, Morehouse, Boyd and Liberty Hill.

She is survived by her son, Roger Jordan and wife Janet of Dexter, Missouri; her daughter, Janet Benson and husband Steve of Lawrenceville, Illinois; eight grandchildren, Ben Worley and wife Belinda, Curt Benson and wife Jessica, Brooke Lockhart and husband Luke, Terry Anderson and wife Nannette, Deborah Gill and husband Paul, Jamie Curtis and husband Kenny, Jason Alsup and wife Jill, and Megan Hueckel and husband Jeffrey; and by 20 great-grandchildren.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Ricky Michael Jordan; four brothers, Robert Smith, Carl Smith, Louis Smith, and Arthur Lee Smith; and her sister, Ilene Worth.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, from noon. until 2 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, at 2 p.m.

Interment will follow in the Old Essex Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.

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Memorials may be made to The Lunch Box, 23 W Stoddard St., Dexter, MO 63841 or The Stoddard County Gospel Mission, PO Box 305, Dexter, MO 63841.