Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Corrinne Warner McHardy
Services for Corrinne Warner McHardy of Columbia will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005 from the First United Methodist Church in Columbia with the Rev. Pam Roy officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery.
Mrs. McHardy was born in 1905 on Christmas Day and died on Jan. 8, 2005 in Plano, Texas, where she had lived for the past year and a half. She graduated from high school in Pollock, La., and attended college in Sherman, Texas at Kidd Key Women's College. She received her degree after a career as director of the Welfare Department in Caldwell Parish. At that time she began her next career as a first-grade teacher with the Caldwell Parish Schools. She is remembered by many past and present Caldwell Parish residents as their favorite teacher who instilled in them a love of learning. In 1963, she retired from teaching and moved to Alice, Texas for a year, where she indulged her passion for art and painting by returning to college for classes at Texas A and I. She also took private art classes and was a member of several groups that went to various picturesque spots in the hill country of Texas to paint. In 1964, she returned to Caldwell Parish to live but embarked on her next career as a disaster worker for the American Red Cross. For the next 10 years she was available to go wherever she was needed when disaster struck. Those that she assisted and those she worked with through the Red Cross were very appreciative of her empathy and expertise.
Mrs. McHardy was an active participant in her community, wherever she was. In Columbia, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church and its Service Guild. She was a charter member of the Garden Club, belonged to several bridge clubs, and was a member, and held several offices in Delta Kappa Gamma.
During the last year and half of her life she lived at The Waterford in Plano, Texas and was well known there for her friendliness and kindness to all. Her hobbies included a lifelong love of travel, learning, art, and bridge. She was a modern southern lady and in many ways ahead of her time. Although she had no children of her own she had many children, including her nieces and nephews and their families and her students, many of whom still keep in touch and visit.
She was preceded in death by her parents, J.N. and Sally Torry Warner; her husband, Norman A. McHardy; and her brother, A.B. ``Bo'' Warner, all of Columbia. Also preceding her were a brother, Kirk Warner and his wife Amanda of Wisner; and a brother, George Warner and his wife Louise ``Boots'' of Lake Charles.
She is survived by her sister-in-law, Louise Sowers Warner; and her niece, Betty Warner Hopper and her husband Ray of Plano, Texas. Also her nieces, Jane Warner Brown of Shreveport, Mary Warner Vizzier and her husband Darwin of Alexandria, Sarah Warner of Houston, Texas, Susan W. Lyssey of Houston, Texas and Kerry Warner Morgan of Humble, Texas; and two nephews, Ken Warner and his wife Cathy of Coppell, Texas and Kirk Warner of Breaux Bridge. She has a host of great nieces and nephews, as well as their children who will miss her very much.
Pallbearers will be Dr. E.D. Coates, Ed Rowan, Darwin Vizzier, Alan Hopper, Ken Warner and Kirk Warner.
Honorary pallbearers are Jim Turner, James Hopper, E.L. Richard, Johnny James and Uriah Youngblood.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, the Red Cross or the First United Methodist Church in Columbia.
Visitation will be at the church from 1 p.m. until time of services.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005