The funeral service for Calvin Benjamin “Benjy” Jordan will be 11 a.m., Tuesday, January 23, at Easthaven Baptist Church with burial in Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is 5-8 p.m., Monday, January 22, at Easthaven Baptist Church.
Benjy Jordan, 43, of Hazlehurst, died January 15, 2024, in Mobile, AL. He was born in Natchez, MS, April 29, 1980, to Calvin Houston Jordan, Jr. and Mary Juanita McGarry Jordan. He worked as a welder with Kinder Morgan. He was an avid outdoorsman and was a kind and compassionate man, he loved everyone he came in contact with. Since high school, Benjy worked outdoors as a welder. He was a man of faith and loved God with all his heart. He took every opportunity he was given to share his faith with others. He will be greatly missed by all who loved him.
He is preceded in death by his father, Calvin H. Jordan, Jr.; son, “Bubba” Jordan; his grandparents, Houston and Gladys Jordan and Gordan and Essie May McGarry; and nephew, Toler Randall Jordan.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 21 years, Mitzi Cline Jordan; mother, Nita Jordan; daughter, Maggie Jordan; brother, Lance R. Jordan (Renee); sister, Jane Jordan Britt; uncle and aunt, Sebastian and Becky Rushing; brother and sister-in-law, Rusty Cline (Kristy); sister-in-law, Samantha Britt (Joel); nieces and nephews, Tanner and Mallory Jordan (baby Henry due soon), Branden Britt; Justin, Carlea and Kaylin Cline, Jordan Willard (Cody), Madi Lewis, Ethan Greer, Talon Brown, Karson McKay, Waylon Willard, Rose Davis and older brother, Chris Blackman (Kracker).
He is also survived by a host of other loving family members and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Jeep Sullivan’s Outdoor Adventures (Wounded Warriors) or Smyrna Baptist Church.
