Nellie Bedee Hedderman Jordan was born Aug. 17, 1922, in San Antonio, TX, at Lackland Air Force Base to Francis and James Hedderman. Soon after her birth, her parents divorced and her mother moved Nellie and her four siblings to Houston, and eventually Dallas.
She married Arthur Wain Jordan in Dallas on May 30, 1945 while he was serving in the U S Coast Guard. They lived in Grand Prairie for severa…