Henry Jordan Southerland

Henry Jordan Southerland, age 79 of Madison, IN entered this life on November 5, 1946 in Louisburg, North Carolina. He was the loving son of the late James Sabat and Ethel Green Pendergrass Southerland. He graduated in 1965 from Louisburg High School in Louisburg, North Carolina. He was immediately drafted into the United States Army. He rose to the rank E4 Corporal serving during the Vietnam War as a crew chief in a Huey Helicopter Squadron. He was honorably discharged on February 11, 1968. On July 12, 1969 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Ann Copeland at the North Madison Christian Church in Madison, Indiana. This happy union of 57 years was blessed with daughters, Lora Ann, Betina, and Terri, and a son, James “J.P.” The family settled in Madison on Campmeeting Road and he resided the rest of his life there. He began a career with Rotary Lift in Madison, he held various positions in manufacturing, welding, 3rd Shift Forman, and retired 42 years later as a CNC Operator. He held membership in the Liberty Christian Church, Son’s of the Confederate Veterans, the Madison VFW Post 1969, and the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion. He enjoyed working with his hands, small engines, gunsmithing, wood carving, archery, fishing, coin collecting, bartering with friends, and was an avid fan of watching basketball games of Duke University Blue Devils, North Carolina Tarheels, and North Carolina State Wolfpack. He was a devoted husband, loving dad, and papaw.

He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Elizabeth Ann Copeland Southerland of Madison, Indiana; his loving daughters, Betina Brooks, and her husband, Brian of Lawrenceburg, Indiana; Terri Southerland-Robbins, and her companion, Travis Skinner of Scipio, Indiana; James “J.P.” Southerland and his wife Heather of Madison, Indiana, his grandchildren; Garrett Jordan Brooks (Hannah Newman), Trevor Lee Brooks, Sophia Grace Robbins, Hunter James Southerland, Robert Fisher Southerland, Lincoln Paul Trapper Southerland, his great granddaughter, Scarlett Brooks, his brothers, Raeford Southerland and his wife, Freda of Louisburg, North Carolina; Kert Southerland and his wife Amy of Louisburg, North Carolina; his sister in law Pam Southerland of Louisburg, North Carolina; several nieces, nephews, and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Sabat, and Ethel Green Pendergrass Southerland, his daughter Lora Ann Southerland, died June 3, 1971, his brothers and sisters, Peter Southerland, Samuel Southerland, Billy Jack Southerland, Jenny Hoyle, Dorothy Smith, Tasker Southerland, Carole Southerland, Richard Southerland, Solon Southerland, and Larry Southerland, his son in law, Ryan John Robbins.

Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, October 8, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. conducted by Bro. Jake Brown at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment to follow in the Hebron Cemetery near Madison, Indiana.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, October 8, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. until time of the service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana.

A final salute with military honors will be conducted by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the Wounded Warrior Project. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com