Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Monday, December 16, 1985

John T. Hardy Sr.

FLORA -- John Thomas Hardy Sr., 73, of Route 1, Canton, died Sunday at his home. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Breeland Funeral Home chapel with burial in Canton Cemetery.

A native of Flora and lifelong resident of Madison County, Mr. Hardy was a retired farmer. He was a member of Woodmen of the World and Flora Methodist Church. He was preceded in death earlier this year by his wife.

He is survived by his sons, Edward Hardy and John Thomas Hardy Jr., both of Jackson; daughter, Mrs. Harry L. Price Jr. of Jackson; brothers, Clifton Hardy of Flora, Joe B. Hardy of Canton and Henry Hardy of Clinton; sisters, Mrs. A.B. Clingan and Mrs. Henry Lee Mason, both of Ridgeland, and Mrs. Dot Oswalt of Clinton; and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.