Jean Jordan, daughter of the late James Lee and Beatrice Potts Lee, was born on July 7, 1938, in Hartford, Kentucky, and departed this life on Dec. 15, 2022, at her residence in Poplar Bluff,
Missouri, at the age of 84 years.
Mrs. Jordan was a former employee of Schnucks in St. Louis, Missouri for 20 years. She was a member of the Poplar Bluff Eagles #3730, and past president of the Poplar Bluff Eagles Auxiliary.
On Nov. 14, 1979, in St. Charles, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Jimmie Jordan. Mr. Jordan preceded her in death on Sept.15, 2007.
She is survived by her son, Bruce Hodge and wife, Angela, of Nixa, Missouri; two daughters, Sheryl Merriman and husband Loyd of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Linda Hodge of Harviell, Missouri; her sister, Rachel Chinn of Hartford, Kentucky; and 11 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.
Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Virgil Hodge Jr.; her daughter, Penny Morrison; four brothers, James T. Lee, C. A. Lee, John Lee, and Earl Lee; and by two sisters, Fannie Benton, and Helen Hoover.
Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. An Eagle’s Memorial service and funeral services will then be conducted in the
Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, December 19, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. with Chaplain Callum Reavey officiating. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the FOE Charity Foundation – Cancer Fund, 1623 Gateway Circle South, Grove City, Ohio 43123.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.