Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

The Pinecone | June 2025 • 3 • Get to know Kirby Pines' NEW RESIDENTS Cheryl Wood was born in Appleton, Wisconsin and moved to Kirby from her home in Memphis. She has three children, six grandchildren and three great grandkids. She worked for 20 years at FedEx as an Administrative Assistant to the Director. She even flew on a FedEx private jet with Fred Smith to conduct a training program in California. She has also volunteered for many organizations over the years. Cheryl enjoys baking (sending baked goodies to her sons who live out-of- town), cooking, cleaning, bowling and singing - she was in the church choir and has even sung on live TV. To stay active, she still works cleaning houses. She also likes to help others, bake and go bowling. Cheryl collects Christmas ornaments, photographs, candles and jewelry. Her travels include Florida, Wisconsin, Indiana and Missouri. She would be described as helpful, hyper, down to earth, trustworthy and funny. She is proud to have raised three boys on her own and provide them with everything they needed. Let's give a huge Kirby Pines hello to Cheryl and make her feel right at home and part of our family. Cheryl Wood Fran Hart Fran Hart was born in Como, Mississippi and moved to Kirby Pines from her home of 38 years in Autumn Square. She has two children, three grandkids, five great grands and one great great grandchild. Fran spent the majority of her career as a sales and fashion coordinator for both Casual Corner and Dillards. She even taught seminars in the 80s to teach women to "dress for success". She also worked at the Commercial Appeal for five years in the 60s and served on the board at Youth Services Memphis for six years and was a GA Director at her church. Her interests include movies, TV, dance, games, rollerskating, sports (UTFootball and Memphis Basketball), volunteering at church and reading every book she can get her hands on. She has traveled to Florida, Colorado and Mount Rushmore, but her favorite trip was taking the train to Washington DC with her son where they toured everything. Her friends would say she is caring, dependable, loyal, fashionable, outgoing and fun loving. She is looking forward to new opportunities here at Kirby Pines. So please give Fran a big hearty welcome and invite her to join in all the activities we have to offer. Andy & Susan Jordan Andy Jordan was born in Wrens, Georgia, while Susan hails from Mason City, Iowa. They moved to Kirby Pines from their home in Cordova with their dog, Skeeter. They have been married 30 years, have four children, six grandchildren, and four great grands.. Susan graduated from the University of Iowa in 1965 with an Arts & Science degree. She worked for 40 years as a buyer of specialty high end jewelry. Andy received his undergrad from University of Georgia and his doctorate from Clemson in Agricultural Engineering. He worked as an agricultural sustainability consultant at Jordan Associates and VP technician for the International Cotton Counsel. Andy was a tri-athlete and enjoys swimming, running and biking. He also likes to garden. Susan enjoys golf, shopping and traveling. They have been to Mexico, China, England, Turkey, Peru, Ghana, Honduras and more. Andy collects matchbooks to commemorate restaurants and Susan collects Bilstin & Bakery Christmas Boxes. Susan is stylish, fun and outgoing, while Andy is even-headed, patient and intellectual. These two seem a great fit for our community and we are so glad they have chosen Kirby Pines for their home.