MILEAH JORDAN, 1962-2006
Mileah Jordan, logistics manager for
Stubb's barbecue sauce division and former
Liberty Lunch office manager, died overnight March 16 at her Austin apartment. The cause of death was unknown, but Jordan, 43, had had multiple health problems in recent years, said former boyfriend and neighbor
Rob Cooley, who found her body the next morning. Jordan grew up in Abilene, studied art history at the
University of Dallas, and moved to Austin in 1984. She designed T-shirts for
Joe "King" Carrasco & Los Coronas and later booked local bands
Not for Sale,
Swine King, and the
Diamond Smugglers. Jordan met future Lunch owners
Mark Pratz and
J'Net Ward when they were managing the
Continental Club and followed them to the legendary Second Street venue, where she worked until its 1999 demise. "I thought it was funny the way she would throw beer bottles into the trash as a way to get people to leave," says Cooley. Jordan, who was buried near Quitman last weekend, is survived by her father,
Bob Jordan, of Port Aransas.