James
Raymond
"Ray"
Jordan
Sr.
Born in Wallace, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Edward Jordan
and Rosa Bell (Hand) Jordan
Brother of
Mary Alice Allene Jordan
Husband of
[private wife (1940s - unknown)]
Descendants 
Father of
Michael Jordan
Died
at age 56
in Lumberton, Robeson, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
James Jordan Sr. is Notable.
James Raymond Jordan Sr. was the father of NBA legend, Michael Jordan.[1]
James Jordan was born in Wallace, North Carolina on 31 Jul 1936. He was the son of William Jordan and Rosa Hand.
In 1960, he married Deloris Peoples.[2]
In 1993, James was asleep in his car off US Highway 74 just south of Lumberton, North Carolina when he was murdered.
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia: James R. Jordan Sr.
- ↑
Marriage:
"North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011"
North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60548 #6357381
James Raymond Jordan (23) marriage to Deloris Peoples on 19 Sep 1960 in New Hanover, North Carolina, USA.
- Wikidata: Item Q3161193, en:Wikipedia
- Find A Grave: Memorial #6923530
- 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
citing enumeration district (ED) 71-9, sheet 11A, line 12, family 159, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2956.
FamilySearch Record: KW7Z-NTP (accessed 15 November 2022)
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9MB-19J2
James Jordan (2), single son, in household of William E Jordan (25) in Maple Hill, Pender, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.
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