Jerry Glenn Jordan, 57
Jerry Glenn Jordan was born July 10, 1963, in Pineville, Kentucky but was raised in Tennessee; calling Mossy Grove his home for 57 years. He attended Wartburg Scholls until 1981.
To ask anyone about Jerry, they’d tell you he was “, a caring, loving, kind-hearted person, and most of all calling him a dear friend. All these things being true you may never have met a nicer man. He never met a stranger and if they were, it wasn’t for long.
Jerry enjoyed many things in life; family, friends, music, and “tinkering/piddling” was a big hobby of his. He piddled so much on things, sometimes to the point of breaking them, just to find a way to put them back together again.
Jerry was a true believer and follower of Jesus; he would sit and talk the Bible with you all day if you liked.
He married his wife Stephenie on November 14, 1992, after just six months of dating; like any couple through the years there were ups and downs for 31 years, but there was always love.
During those years they had two daughters, Cierra and Cheyenne who were loved very dearly by their daddy. He would say “Who would a thought I would have two beautiful daughters”.
He raised them with love and taught them what he could, even if it was something to do with cars or pulling pranks.
Jerry was a family man through and through. He loved to make others laugh and smile; he would bake up some cakes for those he loved. He was a very proud Poppop to 4 amazing grandchildren loving each one of them dearly. He will be watching over them throughout the years.
He worked in several places over his lifetime. Even on his sick bed, he would just keep saying he wanted to go back to work. His last 15 years were spent working as a custodian for Wartburg Central Elementary; Jerry was loved dearly by staff and kids.
Jerry fought his illness for months and unfortunately lost that battle on August 5, 2024, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, with his wife by his side when he took his final breath.
Arriving later were his daughters who surrounded him with love.
Jerry has entered his Heavenly home with the others who have gone on before him.
He may have lost the battle but has won the war being in heaven where he waits for the rest of us.
He is preceded in death by his mother and father; James and Louise Jordan
Brothers; Eugene and Kenneth Jordan
Granddaughter; Ophelia Dare Wangler
Survived by his wife Stephenia (Cross) Jordan;
Daughters and son in law; Cierra (Mathew) Wangler and Cheyene Jordan
Grandchildren; Gabriel Jordan, Torvi Wangler, Howard Wangler, and Gwydolyn Wangler.
Along with a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, sisters-in-law, other family, and close friends.
The family will receive family and friends on Friday, August 9, 2024, from 5-7:00 pm at Jackson Funeral Home and Cremation 51 Edmonds Drive, Oliver Springs, TN
Funeral to be held on Saturday, August 10, 2024, at 11:00 am at Beech Fork Holiness Church with interment at the Nichols family Cemetery in the Joyner Community