Jordan Brooks Gaudry III

1942 - 2025

Jordan Brooks Gaudry, III, Brigadier General, (retired), 83, died peacefully on December 9, 2025, at home surrounded by his loving family. Brooks was born November 30, 1942, in Savannah, GA. He earned an Eagle Scout award and graduated from Savannah High School in 1960. He graduated from Georgia Southern with a degree in accounting in 1966. He joined the U.S. Army that same year and completed infantry officer candidate school in 1967. Brooks served in Vietnam from 1968 until 1969 and later retired from the Georgia Army National Guard in 1999, having obtained the rank of Brigadier General, having 33 years of service.

He was a Master Mason in Thunderbolt Lodge No. 693. He was also a Scottish Rite Mason and an Alee Shriner. Brooks was in the Alee Dune Cat Unit and served as Potentate in 2005. He became treasurer in 2006, a position he held for ten years before retiring as Emeritus Treasurer in 2016.

He was past President of the Chatham Artillery, a member of the Savannah Volunteer Guard, and active in the Savannah Jaycees and the American Legion Post 184.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jordan Brooks Gaudry, Jr., and Marybeth Lee Gaudry, and his sister, Beth Hughes.

He is survived by his wife, Dianne D. Gaudry, daughter, Dorothy Lynn Gaudry, son, Rick Gunn (Pam), daughter, Shelly Compton (Ernie), brothers, Frank Gaudry (Marianne), Dana Gaudry (Pam), sister, Susie Preuss (Brad), grandsons, Chris Gunn (Harbor), and Mitchell Gunn (Alex Chapman), and several nieces and nephews.

Honorary Pallbearers and Special Friends include, Ralph Newton and Board of Directors of Driftaway Cafe, Dune Cat and Mobile Units of the Alee Shriners Hospital, the Cabari, and the Jesters.

The family would like to express a special thanks to Johnette Osborn, Sinetti Lively, and Missy Stratton with Spanish Oaks Hospice.

Visitation will be 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m., Monday, December 15, 2025, at Fox & Weeks, Hodgson Chapel.

Graveside Service will be 1:30 p.m., Monday, December 15, 2025, at Hillcrest Abbey Memorial Park, 1600 Wheaton Street, Savannah, GA.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Spanish Oaks Hospice or Morris Slotin Fund of Alee Shriners Hospital.