9/2/17 Memorial Service for Ruben Jordan by Sarah A. Miller
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Memorial for Flood Victim Ruben Jordan
Patrice Kissentaner Starks, cousin of Ruben Jordan, stops to talk to her nephew Roger Lee Jordan as he carries out a portrait of his father Ruben Jordan at the conclusion of the memorial service for Ruben Jordan held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Memorial for Flood Victim Ruben Jordan
Flowers sent by friends and family fill the front of the sanctuary for Ruben Jordan's memorial service held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Memorial for Flood Victim Ruben Jordan
Flowers surround a portrait of Ruben Jordan during his memorial service held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Memorial for Flood Victim Ruben Jordan
Approximately 200 people including former high school classmates, friends and family attended the memorial service for Ruben Jordan held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Pictured at center is Jordan's son Roger Lee Jordan. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Memorial for Flood Victim Ruben Jordan
Family member Gabriella Mass Davis sings at Ruben Jordan's memorial service held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Memorial for Flood Victim Ruben Jordan
Relative Blaxsie Cross, left, signs the guest book at Ruben Jordan's memorial service held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Memorial for Flood Victim Ruben Jordan
Rev. Mark Hood prays at Ruben Jordan's memorial service held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Memorial for Flood Victim Ruben Jordan
Sylvia Jordan Key, sister of Ruben Jordan, speaks at her brother's memorial service held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Patrice Kissentaner Starks, cousin of Ruben Jordan, holds up a design she created to honor her cousin after his death at his memorial service held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Memorial for Flood Victim Ruben Jordan
Patrice Kissentaner Starks, cousin of Ruben Jordan, holds up a photo of their grandfather, also named Rube Jordan, as she speaks about their shared personality characteristics, leadership and name at her cousin's memorial service held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Memorial for Flood Victim Ruben Jordan
Grady Turner, a high school football teammate of Ruben Jordan, speaks during Jordan's memorial service held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Sylvia Jordan Key, sister of Ruben Jordan, speaks at her brother's memorial service held at Liberty Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. Ruben Jordan was a longtime coach for Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas. Jordan died in the floods following Hurricane Harvey. Jordan grew up in Tyler and was a football player at John Tyler High School on the class of 1977 team. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
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(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)