Obituary of Esther-L. Jordan

The Service of Remembrance for Mrs. Esther L. "MaMa Esther" Jordan, age 98, of Inverness, Florida, will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 19, 2014 at the Inverness Chapel of Hooper Funeral Homes with Pastor Donnie Seagle officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Inverness, Florida. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until the time of service, Sunday at the chapel. The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of memorial donations to First Baptist Church of Inverness Debt Reduction, 550 Pleasant Grove Road Inverness, FL 34452. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.HooperFuneralHome.com. Mrs. Jordan was born May 15, 1915 in Pelham, GA, daughter of the late John and Jesse (Tipper) Lipham. She died January 16, 2014 in Inverness, FL. She was a homemaker, loved cooking and fed lots of folks. Mrs. Jordan was the oldest active member of First Baptist Church of Inverness, having been a member since moving from Georgia in 1942. Mrs. Jordan was preceded in death by her husband, George H. Jordan, daughter, Lorene Detmer, granddaughter, Sharon Bomse and great grandson, Steven Detmer. Survivors include son, Albert (Marilyn) Jordan and 2 daughters, Nell (Tom) Mayberry and Ann Gibbs, all of Inverness, 6 grandchildren: David Detmer, Bruce Jordan, Angie Piche, Keith Jordan, Leslie Priest and Trudy Trahan, 10 great grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren and several special friends, including Dorothy Clifford. The family would like to express special thanks to the staff of Citrus Health & Rehab.