February 24, 2025, 77, Mount Olive —
Sylvia Jane Taylor Jordan, life long resident of the Pleasant Grove community near Mount Olive, passed away Monday evening, February 24, 2025, while being cared for at ECU Healthcare at Duplin Hospital.
Sib, as she was known by those closest to her, had been the glue that held her family together. Her strength and resilience in some of life’s toughest moments made others aware of just how determined she was. After a life of many heartbreaks and hardships, she is now finally at rest.
Sib had worked in many places throughout her life. Her life started on a farm, then it was at Cannon’s Cafe in Mount Olive, Edgemont Meats in Goldsboro, a real estate agency, Byard and Ricky Kornegay at Kornegay’s Grocery, Mrs. Lewis Keathley and Keathley grapes, Piggly Wiggly, and finally, Guilford Mills near Kenansville from where she retired.
She leaves behind a daughter and son-in-law, Lecinda J. and Buddy Waters, of Mount Olive; grandchildren, Josh Waters and wife, Nora, Luke Waters and wife, Nada, Davis Jordan and wife, Brittany, Rachel Jordan, and Matthew Jordan; several great-grandchildren; two brothers, Shelton Taylor and wife, Elizabeth “Teenie,” of Cameron, and Stevie Taylor and companion, Becky Davis, of Albertson; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Donald and Betty Jordan of Dudley; nephews, Jessie L. “J.L.” Taylor and family, Tim Taylor and family, James C. “Jamie” Hinson, Scott Taylor, and Daniel Hanchey. Sib is also survived by the family of her first cousins, the Summerlin boys, Dwayne, Johnny, and Todd, and their families.
She now joins the company of deceased loved ones to include her son, Bobby Jordan, Jr.; her husband, Bobby Jordan; her mother, Annie Mae Summerlin Taylor; her father, Leroy Ashford Taylor; a sister, Cynthia Lucille “Cindy” Taylor; several aunts, uncles, and cousins to include Patricia Pickett, Alice Joan Westbrook, and dear friend, Marlene Blizzard.
The life of Sylvia Jordan will be remembered on Thursday, February 27, at 7:00 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home, followed by a time of visitation. At other times, the home of Buddy and Lecinda Waters is open for drop-in guests.
