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- May 30, 2000
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- May 30, 2000
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Mrs. Charlene LaBelle Boswell Jordan was the only child born to the union of the Rev. Leviticus L. Boswell (co-founder of the Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ) and Mrs. Dora Bell Boswell. She was an accomplished singer and received her early musical training from her father. She sang in the choir at the Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ and in the choir. of the First Church of Deliverance in Chicago, IL, where she joined and was baptized under the pastorate of her surrogate father, the Rev. Clarence H. "Preacher" Cobbs. She alternated in residing in Chicago and Kansas City, eventually residing permanently in Kansas City when she made her transitory change.Services were held at the Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ 1231 Garfield, Kansas City MO, Tuesday, June 6, 2000, 7:00 pm., with Archbishop Arthur L. Posey, Officiating. She was laid to rest, on top of her father, in the Highland Cemetery, Kansas City MO.