John Gordon, Jr

John Brown Gordon, Jr., age 71, of Dallas, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2009. He was born July 11, 1937, in Norfolk, VA, the son of the late, John Brown Gordon, Sr. & the late, Susan Collier Gordon. Mr. Gordon's great-great-grandfather, John B. Gordon, was a General in the Confederate Army and a former Governor of Georgia. Mr. Gordon was retired as a Master SGT from the U. S. Air Force as a meteorologist. While in the Air Force, he served in Japan, Korea, Germany, England, and the Vietnam War. In England, he was a member of the Royal Society of Meteorologist and a Boy Scout leader. After his retirement from the military, he worked for 10 years as a tax examiner for the IRS.
Survivors include his wife, Melinda B. Gordon; step-sons, Al & Cathy Leverette of Douglasville, and Michael Bailey of Austin, TX; step-daughter, Frances Creech of Dallas; brothers, Rawson & Janet Gordon of St. Simmons Island and Lewis & Remle Gordon of Massachusetts; sister, Nancy Darby of Columbia, SC; six grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 1, 2009, at 11:00 am, from Clark Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Joyce Craven Crawford officiating. Interment will follow at 2:00 pm, in the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA, with full military honors. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 4:00pm until 8:00pm and on Monday from 9:00am until the service time.
Clark Funeral Home in Hiram, GA, is in charge of arrangements. www.samclarkfuneralhome.com

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