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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