Elizabeth "Beth" Inman Inman Jordan

Elizabeth (“Beth”) Inman Jordan of Sea Island, Georgia, passed away at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Beth was a generous friend, a devoted wife and a beloved mother.

Beth was born in Waycross, Georgia, on September 19, 1952 to the late William O. Inman, Jr., M.D. and Mary Payne Inman. Beth grew up on Parkwood Drive in Brunswick and attended Goodyear Elementary School and Jane Macon Junior High School. In 1970, she graduated with the first graduating class of Brunswick High School, where she was captain of the cheerleading squad and author of the school’s alma mater and fight song.

Following high school, Beth attended Vanderbilt University and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. It was during her college years that Beth started dating Randall (“Randy”) Athley Jordan, also of Brunswick. The couple were married on August 17, 1974 at the First United Methodist Church in Brunswick. Following the ceremony, the couple moved to Macon, Georgia, where Randy was attending law school at Mercer University. For three years, Beth taught nursing classes and worked on the psychiatric unit at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.

In 1976, Beth and Randy moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where Beth taught nursing classes at the University of North Carolina and worked on the Mental Health Unit at UNC Memorial Hospital. Beth received a Master of Science in Nursing from Duke University in 1977. In 1979, Beth and Randy returned to Glynn County, and, for the next 15 years, Beth worked as a psychiatric nurse at Southeast Georgia Health System. During that time, she became a certified psychiatric clinical nurse specialist and helped open the Psychiatric Unit at the hospital.

Beth was the proud mother of three sons: Christopher Randall Jordan (1978); Benjamin Inman Jordan (1981); and Thomas Grant Jordan (1984). Throughout her life, Beth was a role model to her children and an ardent supporter of their pursuits in academics, athletics and music.

A proud Glynn County native and resident, Beth was active in her local community. She was a member of Christ Church Frederica on St. Simons and a former member of the Church Altar Guild and the Cherokee Garden Club. She was a founding member of the American Cancer Society’s Victory Board and a member of the St. Simons Cotillion Club, the Sea Island Club and Ocean Forest Golf Club.

Beth Jordan is survived by her husband, Randy, of Sea Island, Georgia; her mother-in-law, Jean Jordan, of Brunswick, Georgia; her brothers and sisters-in-law, William Oliver Inman, III, of Jacksonville, Florida, Lynn Inman of Jacksonville, Florida, Barry and Pam Inman of Acworth, Georgia; her sons and daughters-in-law, Christopher and Christy Jordan of St. Simons, Benjamin and Christie Jordan of Atlanta, Georgia, and Thomas and Dabney Jordan of Atlanta. She is also survived by her beloved grandchildren, Julia, David, Alex and Robert Jordan; her nephews, William Oliver Inman, IV, James Inman, Payne Inman and Jackson Inman; and her niece, Carrie Inman.

The family will host visitation at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home on Thursday, October 27, from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Beth’s funeral service will be held at Christ Church Frederica on Friday, October 28, at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Golden Isles Youth Orchestra.