Three years after their son was born, Mrs. The couple then built their first home together and had their third child, Larry. decided not to go back to the Air Force and began working in a textile mill instead. The couple got married and welcomed their first child in 1957 named James Ronald 'Ronnie' Jr.īy the time they welcomed their daughter named Deloris, Jordan Sr. was transferred to a base in Virginia and she relocated with him. joined the Air Force and moved to San Antonio, Texas.

After high school, she moved to Alabama to attend a trade school, while Jordan Sr. The couple quickly fell in love and dated for the next three years. asked her father for permission to take her out on a date. at the Pender County Training School, she met him for the first time at their school game. Although her brothers would often play basketball with Jordan Sr. While at a school basketball game in 1954, she met a fellow classmate on the basketball team named James Raymond Jordan Sr. She was born in Rocky Point, North Carolina and attended Charity High School in Rose Hill, North Carolina. Honored with the Clinton Global Initiative Award in 2005, she continues to give back to her community through the programs she develops.ĭeloris Jordan was born as Deloris Peoples in September of 1941.

She has also established the Kenya Women and Children's Wellness Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Jordan Foundation for almost two decades. Jordan has established multiple charities and has served as the President and Founder of the James R. Known as the mother of the greatest basketball player of all time, Deloris Jordan is more than just Michael Jordan’s mom.

Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan