Ervie Jordan, 77, of Marmaduke died Thursday, December 8, 1983 at Arkansas Methodist Hospital.

He was born May 5, 1906. He was a lifelong resident of Marmaduke, a mason, a World War II veteran and a retired barber.

Surviving are his wife, Crystalline Jordan; five brothers, Neal Jordan of Paragould, Estel and O.M. Jordan, both of Marmaduke, Levon Jordan of Gas City, Ind., and Junior Jordan of San Antonio, Texas; and a sister Judy Jordan of Marmaduke.

The funeral was Satruday at the Irby Funeral Home chapel in Rector with the Rev. L.L. Bounds and the Rev. Randy Rowland presiding. Burial was at Harvey's Chapel Cemetery in Marmaduke.

Contributed by: Naomi Jordan