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Our daughter Jordan was killed by a drunk driver a year ago today. Right by the Columbia County Courthouse. Look at the curb just past Ronald Reagan Drive heading to the lake and you can still easily see the blue spray paint left by the accident investigators. A 42-year-old Georgia Power employee with a college degree and children who love him dearly was behind the wheel; a hard worker who was DSSDUHQWO\ JRLQJ WKURXJK VRPH GLIĂ€FXOW SHUVRQDO WLPHV +H KDG D %$& RI WKUHH KRXUV DIWHU WKH FROOLVLRQ +H KDG OHIW 0DUJDULWD] RII -LPP\ '\HVV 3DUNZD\ D IHZ PLQXWHV EHIRUH ZKHUH KH KDG VSHQW RYHU WKUHH KRXUV GULQNLQJ HDWLQJ DQG VLQJLQJ NDUDRNH +H ZDVQŇ‹W VWRSSHG IURP driving as he left. There were only a few patrons left by then, along with the owner. Video shows him staggering to his truck. At one point he KDV WR EUDFH KLPVHOI DJDLQVW D OLJKW SROH LQ WKH SDUNLQJ ORW WR NHHS IURP WXPEOLQJ RYHU $JDLQ KH ZDVQŇ‹W VWRSSHG IURP GULYLQJ DV KH OHIW 3OHDVH GRQŇ‹W OHW REYLRXVO\ GUXQN SHRSOH GULYH ,I \RX DUH DIUDLG RI DQ XQFRPIRUWDEOH FRQIURQWDWLRQ WKLQN RI P\ EDE\ ,I WKHLU SULGH JHWV LQ WKH ZD\ OHW WKHP NQRZ \RX DUH JRLQJ WR FDOO WKH SROLFH WKH PLQXWH WKH\ OHDYH ,I VRPHRQH KDG EHHQ VR EROG -RUGDQ ZRXOG KDYH FHOHEUDWHG KHU 20th birthday July 23. And we would have rejoiced! 2XU OLYHV ZHUH EOHVVHG E\ -RUGDQ ,I RQO\ ZH KDG NQRZQ ZHŇ‹G RQO\ JHW \HDUV RI KHU %XW ZH GLG JHW \HDUV RI KHU +HU ODXJK KHU VPLOH her “Jordanesque,â€? her everything. We are grateful for that. And as far as Lucky goes, he is forgiven. Jordan is survived by her mother, Jackie Rhodes White; father and stepmother Joe and Ashley Landrum White; and her brother and sister, /XFDV DQG /HQD :KLWH *UDQGSDUHQWV %LOO 5KRGHV DQG 'RQQD 5KRGHV -LP DQG 0DULRQ :KLWH KHU DXQWV DQG XQFOHV RQ KHU PRWKHUŇ‹V VLGH .LP DQG 3KLOOLS %RRVH %U\DQ 5KRGHV .ULVWHQ DQG 1HLO &URVH DQG 'DZQ &DQR +HU DXQWV DQG XQFOHV RQ KHU IDWKHUŇ‹V VLGH /LQGD DQG $QG\ 'XUGHQ &ODLUH &DUVRQ *UHJ -RKQVRQ DQG %REE\ 7KRPDVRQ +HU PDQ\ FORVH FRXVLQV $VKOH\ DQG (YDQ %URRNH %LOO\ %UDQQRQ 0LNH\ $EE\ =DF (OOD 2OLYLD 7\VRQ 6HEDVWLDQ 0DWW DQG 'UHZ