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Burial, with military rites, will be in McLean
Cemetery. Mr. Gordon retired from the Funks Grove
Grain Co. on March 1, 1980, after 20 years of
service. He had also worked on farms, in
construction work and was a night watchman for the
village of McLean.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
John Leslie Gordon was born on June 22, 1918, in
Boyle County, Ky. His parents were Martin Thomas and
Gertrude Florence Nevius Gordon.
He is survived by two sisters, Lucy Williams and
Elizabeth Daugherty, both of Atlanta; a brother, Rex
(and Dorothy) Gordon of McLean; a brother-in-law,
Jack Mayberry of Atlanta; and several nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Jim,
Claude and Buck Gordon; and three sisters, Grace
Spears, Geneva Mayberry and Mildred Loercher.
He was a member of the McLean American Legion
Post, Atlanta Veterans of Foreign Wars and 40 & 8 in
Bloomington.
Memorials may be made to the McLean Fire
Department.
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