Frankie Jordan, the manager of Union Finance and former Union Chamber of Commerce president, passed away on March 31 due to complications from ongoing medical issues. He was 49.
Bro. Ed Dickerson, pastor at Decatur Church of God, said Jordan was one of the hardest workers he knew. The two developed a close relationship over the last nearly three decades as Jordan became his son-in-law after he married Dickerson’s daughter, Angela.
“If you ever asked him to do something, he’d always say, ‘I will do my best,’” Dickerson said. “That’s what he’d always do. He’d give everything he had in whatever he did.”
Jordan served as a Sunday school teacher and Sunday school superintendent at Decatur Church of God. He was someone that Dickerson could always count on.
“It even got to a place where if I had to miss Wednesday night service for some reason that I could basically turn it over to Frankie, and he’d take care of it for me,” Dickerson said. “You could always depend on him. He loved his family. He loved his community. He always wanted the best for them.”
Specifically in Union, Dickerson said Jordan was very instrumental in coordinating Country Day when he was president. He helped encourage folks to clean up and fix up their buildings in downtown Union.
“There was one time he basically put on Country Day by himself,” Dickerson said. “He wanted to see the old buildings get fixed up, and as you can see, it’s much better today than it was a few years ago.”
One thing that Dickerson said Jordan enjoyed was sports, especially seeing his youngest son Lincoln get to play ball for Newton County Academy.
“He said one time, ‘If I die here on the bleachers watching my son play ball, that would be alright with me,’” Dickerson said. “He loved sports. He watched all kinds of sports. He was a huge sports fan.”
Dickerson said he first met Frankie while pastoring Hudson Chapel Church of God west of Union. Frankie came in when he was 15 years old and got saved.
After graduating high school, he joined the U.S. Navy and served in Operation Desert Storm in the Middle East. During that time, Dickerson said he was able to meet President George H.W. Bush, which was the highlight of his time in the service.
He then returned to Union after his tour of duty and married his wife, Angela. They had two sons, Austin and Lincoln.
While they were expecting Frankie’s heart condition to take his life in the near future, they were still shocked by how suddenly it all happened.
“He actually went to work that day,” Dickerson said. “He came in sat on the bed and kissed Angela and said ‘Good morning.’ And then he fell over there on the bed. They tried to revive him, but it was too late. He had already went to heaven.”
A few weeks ago during the next to last Sunday before they were forced to suspend meeting together due to the coronavirus, Dickerson said Frankie got up and wanted to say something to the congregation.
“He said, ‘Don’t worry about me. I’m going to be all right,’” Dickerson said. “I think he must have known something. We didn’t really think about it at the time, but he was preparing us for what was about to come. I think he knew it was near, and he was trying to take care of everything.”
