Many of us

love Fayetteville and have made it our home, but were

born somewhere else. These days, it's almost rare to find

someone who was actually born here. In fact, my wife Dee

is the only one of our family that was actually born in

Georgia, but she was reared in Philadelphia.

She

returned because she remembered from her days at Duke

University how friendly Atlanta was. She remembered this

from the football games when Duke would play Ga. Tech. in

Atlanta.

You cannot

come to Fayetteville and miss Jordan's Salvage on the

corner of Highway 54 and Jeff Davis Drive. Jordan has

absolutely everything you need for your home and more,

and more and more!

You can buy

everything from a shovel to an automobile there. You can

go into one of his several buildings and begin a tour

through yesteryear. You must go in and see all that is in

there. It is truly an amazement as to how much neat

"stuff" is in there.

Robert

Jordan and his fine family are truly from Fayetteville

and its rich history. Jordan is married to Nellie Jordan

and they have a son, Robert who has worked for Delta

Airlines for 22 years. He is a member of Merrial Chapel

United Methodist Church with Reverend Earl F. Dabney as

their pastor.

These days,

it is very refreshing to talk to someone who speaks very

highly of his wife, his family, his church, his God, and

his community.

Whenever I

go over to Jordan's to find some "rare

treasure", I often find something far more valuable

than the "treasure," I was looking for.

Whenever I

meet him, I extend my hand and we shake hands and with

his warm smile, he says "Pastor, how's your church

going?"

We exchange

greetings and I ask him about his family and his business

and he always responds with, "Everyday is

thanksgiving, everyday is thanksgiving," and he

really means it.

We often

talk of our society and how blessed we are and how

important it is for us to all get along. He told me of

his philosophy of "if you don't work, you don't get

a check."

He later

said "Fayetteville is a unique little city, we

solved our problems through being a city of just people

working with people regardless of who they are."

Jordan

started his first job at Travis Hardware in Fayetteville

and then in 1973 he bought his current property. He then

opened a shoe shine business and pool room called House

of Shines Cue Room.

One day I

said "you know time moves on, have you ever thought

of selling all this one day and retiring?"

He looked

at me and smiled and said, "Now if I did that, how

could I meet all these wonderful people like you each

day".

Several

times I would be riding by his salvage business and see

something I needed and pull my car over and stop in. I

would then root through the piles of "salvage"

and finally find what I wanted.

I would

then reach into my wallet and find out that I had doled

out my allowance to my kids. At that point Jordan would

just say "Take it with you and bring it whenever you

stop by."

Jordan is a

man of integrity whom I feel honored to call my friend.

We have

even discussed how people if they can't get along down

here ever expect to get along in Heaven. Strange as it

sounds, I don't believe they will ever have the chance to

find out unless they start doing it down here.

God bless

you and your family, your business, and your church Mr.

Jordan.

The Bible

says, "He that saith he is in the light and hateth

his brother, is in darkness." Remember, we are all

brothers in Christ Jesus.

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