Jordan Onderdonk Jelks

Jordan Onderdonk Jelks -MACON, GA - Jordan Onderdonk Jelks, age 71, passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at home. A memorial service will be held Monday, November 13 at 2P.M. at Christ Episcopal Church with the Reverends Robert Gibson, Wesley Smith, and Scott Kidd officiating. The family will receive friends at a reception at the church after the service. -Jordan was born March 8, 1935 in Macon, Georgia, the son of the late Albert A. and Doris O. Jelks. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Albert A. Jelks, Jr. Jordan attended Graham Eckes School in Palm Beach, Florida, Harvard University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was an architect for forty years, designing, among other buildings, the Macon Federal Building (BB&T), the West Tower of the Medical Center of Central Georgia, the Mercer School of Medicine, and the renovation of Christ Episcopal Church. Mr. Jelks was a member of the American Institute of Architects, serving as president of Georgia AIA, and he received AIA Georgia's highest honor, the Bernard Rothschild Medal. In 1999, he became a member of the American Institute of Architect's prestigious College of Fellows, an honor given to members who have made contributions of national significance to the profession. -Jordan was a member and past president of the Historic Macon Foundation, past chair of the Design Review Board of Macon Planning and Zoning, past president of the Macon Little Theatre, past president of the Macon Arts Council, and a Lay Eucharistic Minister and Verger at Christ Episcopal Church. -Jordan is survived by his wife, Willa; his son Jordan and daughter-in-law Lisa of Suwanee, GA; and his son Russell of Phoenix, AZ. He is also survived by grandchildren, Matthew Jelks and Connor Jelks of Suwanee, GA; nephew Albert A. Jelks III of Atlanta; and nieces, Ellen J. Finkelstein of Macon, GA and Adrian O. Jelks of Taos, NM. -In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Historic Macon, 1083 Washington Avenue, Macon, GA 31201, or Christ Episcopal Church, 582 Walnut Street, Macon, GA 31201. -Hart's Mortuary has charge of arrangements.