Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Joe Burns Hardy Sr.
CANTON -- Joe Burns Hardy Sr., 75, a retired farmer and cattleman, died of gunshot wounds Wednesday at his home. Authorities speculated he was shot when he interrupted a burglary.
Services are 1 p.m. today at Breeland Funeral Home of Canton with burial in Canton Cemetery.
Mr. Hardy was a lifelong resident of Madison County.
Survivors include; wife, Willie Mae; son, Joe B. Hardy Jr. of Canton; daughter, Rita Hardy Graham of Canton; brothers, Henry Hardy of Clinton and Clifton Hardy of Flora; sisters, Rosa Clingan and Josephine Mason, both of Ridgeland, and Dorothy Oswalt of Clinton; and eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Friday, December 22, 1989
retired farmer