KNOX COUNTY, TN — Former Knox County Commissioner Diane Jordan has died, according to a family member. Jordan was the first Black woman to serve on the Knox County Commission. She had four terms from 1992 to 2007. She was well known for wearing cowboy hats.
“It is with great [sadness] that I must inform you that our matriarch of our Taylor family has gained her wings,” said Jackie Strickland-Flack, a family member of Jordan. “Thank you for all of your prayers and support during this difficult time! But God!!! To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord!! She was a one of a kind!! Lady Diane we will always love you and thank you for being my auntie/cousin my childhood revolved around you!! Now take your Crown you deserve your REST!!”
Jordan’s husband, John, was a pastor at Peace and Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church…