Autrey, Willodean Grace Jordan, 91, a resident of Greenville, AL, died on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Funeral services will be at noon on Friday, March 13, 2015, in the chapel of Dunklin & Daniels Funeral Home with Brother Jerry Wilkerson and Pastor David Saliba officiating and Dunklin and Daniels Funeral Home directing. Burial will follow in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Dunklin & Daniels Funeral Home.
Mrs. Autrey was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Pershing Autrey; parents, Dr. James S. and Edna Mae Shell Jordon; brothers: Earl W. Jordan (Twila) and James B. Jordan (Eunice); and sister-in-law, Caroline Jordan.
Mrs. Autrey is survived by her children: Michael Benjamin Autrey (Jan) of Greenville, AL, Stephen Jordan Autrey (Dorie) of Montgomery, AL, and Rebecca Grace Autrey Philpot (Kenny) of Montgomery, AL; grandchildren: Lauren McDaniel (Michael) of Atlanta, GA, Sarah Elizabeth Autrey of Montgomery, AL, and Jordan Rebecca Autrey of Montgomery, AL; great grandchildren: Candler Ann McDaniel, William Parker McDaniel, and Nancy Ellen Little; brothers: Bertis B. Jordan (Dorothy) of Gulf Breeze, FL, and Max W. Jordan of Gulf Breeze, FL; and many nieces and nephews. The pall bearers will be Ben Autrey, Russell Autrey, William Autrey, Darryl Jordan, Michael McDaniel, and Kenny Philpot
Our sweet mother and granny went to heaven on March 8, 2015. She was born November 11, 1923 in Industry, AL. She was a loving person. She loved her family, her friends, her church, traveling with "the bus from Brundidge", Auburn Football, and had a zest for life. She will be missed by so many. She graduated from McKenzie High School in 1941 and Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University) with a BS degree in Medical Technology in 1944. In 1947, she married the late Benjamin Pershing Autrey. She was employed at L.V. Stabler Memorial Hospital from 1945-1992 and was the Lab Director when she retired.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be sent to the Bereavement Committee at First Baptist Church of Greenville, 212 Fort Dale Road, Greenville, AL 36037 or Comfort Care Hospice, 23 Jameson Lane, Greenville, AL 36037.