© John Rush

Obit posted by Martha Reddout

© Watts Funeral Home
(permission granted)

Billy Jordan was born in Gainesville, TX on November 20, 1955, the son of Pete and Ruby Whittington Jordan. He passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2013, in Oklahoma City at the age of 57.

Along with his family he attended the Church of Christ where he was baptized at 13 years of age. 
 
By the time he was 17, he was a licensed pilot. Billy attended Northern Oklahoma College for two years. He worked for the cookie factory in Marietta, drove a truck and was a printer. Before retiring, Billy was an employee of American Airlines for 18 years. During that time he became a world traveler . . . visiting four continents and countless countries. He was a lead singer and a guitar player in a popular band in the 1970s as well as a professional bull rider. Billy was a true Oklahoman . . . loved back country roads, biscuits and gravy and the Red River area. However, what brought him the most pride were his three children, Willie, Charlie and Alyssa. He was an individual who never knew a stranger. 
 
Billy was preceded in death by his brother, Teel Jordan.

Survivors include his parents, Pete and Ruby Jordan of Oklahoma City; two sons and daughter-in-law, Willie and Chelsea Jordan and Charlie Jordan, all of Oklahoma City; daughter Alyssa Jordan of Owasso, OK; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Jane Butler, Bernita Stroud, Norita and Jim Farrell and Brenda Kay and Rick Harris, all of Oklahoma City. 
 
Serving as casket bearers will be nephews, Scott Tynes, Thomas Butler, Tim Bennett, James Farrell, Jason Butler and Brandon Harris. Honorary bearers are Shorty Whittington and Terry Wallis.