Jordan Bennett Penney

On Tuesday, March 4, 2025 the world lost a big, bright light when God called Jordan Bennett Penney home at the young age of 39 years old.

Anyone who knew Jordan often described him as a Man’s Man. He had an outlaw spirit driven by adventure, yet tempered with a protective and kind-hearted nature for those he loved.

The youngest of three boys, “Jordy B.” was born on September 11, 1985 to Anne & Bill Penney Jr. and was the baby brother of Barrett & Jay.  

Although he was the baby, Jordan grew to be the biggest of all three Penney boys. His 6’3” stature, big warm smile lit up every room he ever walked into coupled with an infectious laugh that could cheer up any soul within earshot.

Growing up in Scottsboro, Alabama, Jordan was an active youth member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His Pastor, Roy Hall, had a steadfast presence throughout Jordan’s life. Rev. Hall baptized Jordan after his birth and prayed over and blessed Jordan’s marriage just last August at his home.

Jordan was all boy since the day he was born.  He had a love for the outdoors throughout his life. In his youth, he spent time exploring the wooded banks, hidden sloughs and deep channels of the Tennessee River, as it stretches through Jackson County, Alabama. 

What started with involvement in his local Boy Scouts troop, encouraged by his mother, grew into a lifetime passion of the enjoyment of the great outdoors.  His childhood was rich with memories from the Penney Farm at Moore’s Mill, where he spent time with his late father Bill Jr. and his grandfather Bill Penney Sr.  

In his high school years, he was a tremendous athlete, accomplishing a long list of awards as a 2004 graduate of Scottsboro High School. He was a student athlete who excelled in both Football and Track & Field, capturing eight team State Championships in both Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field, where he threw discus and Shot put.  

Jordan was named First Team All-State (2003) as an offensive lineman in Football. During his senior year, he earned a slot in the North-South All Star Football game (2004) and was a walk on for the Auburn Tigers football team his freshman year (2005).

After high school graduation, Jordan was so eager to begin his next chapter in life he left his hometown and moved to Auburn University the same day. 

Jordan was accepted and enrolled into one of Auburn’s most exclusive engineering programs: the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC), where he graduated with Honors (2010) with a Bachelor’s of Science, Architectural and Building Sciences.  

While at Auburn, he was an active member of Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) and achieved multiple Scuba Diving Certifications, including Open Water I & II, and Master Diver Certification. And while attending Auburn, Jordan fell in love with the woman he would later marry and shared with those close to him it was “love at first sight.”

Upon graduating from Auburn, Jordan took his honed his skills at Construction Scheduling and Estimation firms in the greater Atlanta area. In 2016, Jordan landed at Draper & Associates where he worked until his passing, serving as a Senior Scheduling Consultant.  He took great pride in his job and the relationships formed and worked hard to ensure he found the same success at work that he found in the other avenues of his life. 

According to Jordan’s mother, whom he loved dearly, Jordy had an entrepreneurial spirit and was always coming up with creative ideas to solve problems even at a young age. He had a genius way of seeing the world. His way of thinking led to the launch a company in 2021 that his wife now plans to help succeed in hopes of carrying on his legacy in the years to come.

In 2024, Jordan married his college sweetheart, Lindsay Penney, whom he claimed was his “greatest accomplishment to date.”  Together, they began building a beautiful life in the Georgia mountains along the Etowah River near Dawsonville, where they both proclaimed were the happiest days of their lives.  

He was an accomplished outdoorsman, finding enjoyment in his pursuit of waterfowl, whitetail deer and wild turkey. This love for hunting sent him on adventures all over the world, where he successfully completed the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) Grand Slam (Eastern, Rio Grande, Merriam & Osceloa), and also spent time in South Africa pursuing exotic wild game. And the tale of how he conquered a crocodile and swam in the Nile River to bring it home was one story he loved to tell, which still hangs on the wall in his home today. 

Jordan is preceded in death by father, William (Bill) Penney Jr.  He is survived by his wife, Lindsay Penney, as well as, his mother, Anne Penney, his brothers Barrett Penney (Kelin) and Jay Penney (Tiana) and his nephews Taylor Penney, Owen Penney, and Paxton Penney and his niece, Isabella Penney.