"The LaGrange Daily News" - Thursday April 18, 1963:
LaGrange Minister, Woman Found Dead on DeGroat St.
City Police Term Deaths Apparent Murder, Suicide.
An elderly woman apparently fatally shot the pastor of her church in LaGrange Wednesday and then killed herself with the same gun, according to City Police.
Capt. Ralph Scarbrough, chief of detectives, said the Rev. JAMES OWEN HARDY, who recently was ordained as a Church of God minister, was found shot to death in a bedroom of his home at 612 DeGroat Street.
Mrs. Hattie Harrison, 76, who boarded at HARDY's home was found dead in another bedroom, Scarbrough said.
Both had been shot with a .22 caliber rifle.
Scarbrough said HARDY was shot from the back and the bullet entered the base of his scull.
Mrs. Harrison had been shot in the left temple and was found lying on her bed with the rifle beside her.
Scarbrough said Mrs. Harrison had been renting a room at the HARDY home for several months. HARDY was a night shift worker at Dixie Mills. His wife was away from home working at the time of the shooting.
Scarbrough said Mrs. Harrison apparently shot HARDY and then went to her bedroom and took her own life. One cartridge shell was found in the rifle and one was located in one of the other rooms of the house.
Scarbrough said HARDY recently was ordained a minister of a Church of God on Clark Street. He said Mrs. Harrison had been active in organizing the new church.
Officers have been unable to establish a motive for the killing. They estimate the time of death at shortly after noon Wednesday.
AND...in the same issue:
Funeral services for James Owen Hardy, 40, of 612 DeGroat Street, who was shot to death at his home Wednesday, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at New Springs Methodist Church in Heard County.
The Revs. Jack Bryant and John Reese will officiate. Burial will be in New Springs Cemetery.
Hardy was a textile worker and a veteran of WWII. He was pastor of the Church of God of Prophesy in LaGrange.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Howard Hardy; one daughter, Miss Glenda Dell Hardy; two sons, Russell Thomas and James Curtis Hardy, all of LaGrange; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Hardy of Franklin; four sisters, Mrs. Hugh McClain and Mrs. Mort Bell, both of Franklin, and Mrs. Frank Smith and Mrs. Harvey Fuller both of Newnan; three brothers, Joe Hardy of Franklin, Henry Hardy of Newnan, and Earnest Hardy of Manchester.
Lipford and Stutts Funeral Home of Franklin in charge.
Contributor: Churchwell (46607715)
LaGrange Minister, Woman Found Dead on DeGroat St.
City Police Term Deaths Apparent Murder, Suicide.
An elderly woman apparently fatally shot the pastor of her church in LaGrange Wednesday and then killed herself with the same gun, according to City Police.
Capt. Ralph Scarbrough, chief of detectives, said the Rev. JAMES OWEN HARDY, who recently was ordained as a Church of God minister, was found shot to death in a bedroom of his home at 612 DeGroat Street.
Mrs. Hattie Harrison, 76, who boarded at HARDY's home was found dead in another bedroom, Scarbrough said.
Both had been shot with a .22 caliber rifle.
Scarbrough said HARDY was shot from the back and the bullet entered the base of his scull.
Mrs. Harrison had been shot in the left temple and was found lying on her bed with the rifle beside her.
Scarbrough said Mrs. Harrison had been renting a room at the HARDY home for several months. HARDY was a night shift worker at Dixie Mills. His wife was away from home working at the time of the shooting.
Scarbrough said Mrs. Harrison apparently shot HARDY and then went to her bedroom and took her own life. One cartridge shell was found in the rifle and one was located in one of the other rooms of the house.
Scarbrough said HARDY recently was ordained a minister of a Church of God on Clark Street. He said Mrs. Harrison had been active in organizing the new church.
Officers have been unable to establish a motive for the killing. They estimate the time of death at shortly after noon Wednesday.
AND...in the same issue:
Funeral services for James Owen Hardy, 40, of 612 DeGroat Street, who was shot to death at his home Wednesday, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at New Springs Methodist Church in Heard County.
The Revs. Jack Bryant and John Reese will officiate. Burial will be in New Springs Cemetery.
Hardy was a textile worker and a veteran of WWII. He was pastor of the Church of God of Prophesy in LaGrange.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Howard Hardy; one daughter, Miss Glenda Dell Hardy; two sons, Russell Thomas and James Curtis Hardy, all of LaGrange; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Hardy of Franklin; four sisters, Mrs. Hugh McClain and Mrs. Mort Bell, both of Franklin, and Mrs. Frank Smith and Mrs. Harvey Fuller both of Newnan; three brothers, Joe Hardy of Franklin, Henry Hardy of Newnan, and Earnest Hardy of Manchester.
Lipford and Stutts Funeral Home of Franklin in charge.
Contributor: Churchwell (46607715)
"The LaGrange Daily News" - Thursday April 18, 1963:
LaGrange Minister, Woman Found Dead on DeGroat St.
City Police Term Deaths Apparent Murder, Suicide.
An elderly woman apparently fatally shot the pastor of her church in LaGrange Wednesday and then killed herself with the same gun, according to City Police.
Capt. Ralph Scarbrough, chief of detectives, said the Rev. JAMES OWEN HARDY, who recently was ordained as a Church of God minister, was found shot to death in a bedroom of his home at 612 DeGroat Street.
Mrs. Hattie Harrison, 76, who boarded at HARDY's home was found dead in another bedroom, Scarbrough said.
Both had been shot with a .22 caliber rifle.
Scarbrough said HARDY was shot from the back and the bullet entered the base of his scull.
Mrs. Harrison had been shot in the left temple and was found lying on her bed with the rifle beside her.
Scarbrough said Mrs. Harrison had been renting a room at the HARDY home for several months. HARDY was a night shift worker at Dixie Mills. His wife was away from home working at the time of the shooting.
Scarbrough said Mrs. Harrison apparently shot HARDY and then went to her bedroom and took her own life. One cartridge shell was found in the rifle and one was located in one of the other rooms of the house.
Scarbrough said HARDY recently was ordained a minister of a Church of God on Clark Street. He said Mrs. Harrison had been active in organizing the new church.
Officers have been unable to establish a motive for the killing. They estimate the time of death at shortly after noon Wednesday.
AND...in the same issue:
Funeral services for James Owen Hardy, 40, of 612 DeGroat Street, who was shot to death at his home Wednesday, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at New Springs Methodist Church in Heard County.
The Revs. Jack Bryant and John Reese will officiate. Burial will be in New Springs Cemetery.
Hardy was a textile worker and a veteran of WWII. He was pastor of the Church of God of Prophesy in LaGrange.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Howard Hardy; one daughter, Miss Glenda Dell Hardy; two sons, Russell Thomas and James Curtis Hardy, all of LaGrange; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Hardy of Franklin; four sisters, Mrs. Hugh McClain and Mrs. Mort Bell, both of Franklin, and Mrs. Frank Smith and Mrs. Harvey Fuller both of Newnan; three brothers, Joe Hardy of Franklin, Henry Hardy of Newnan, and Earnest Hardy of Manchester.
Lipford and Stutts Funeral Home of Franklin in charge.
Contributor: Churchwell (46607715)
LaGrange Minister, Woman Found Dead on DeGroat St.
City Police Term Deaths Apparent Murder, Suicide.
An elderly woman apparently fatally shot the pastor of her church in LaGrange Wednesday and then killed herself with the same gun, according to City Police.
Capt. Ralph Scarbrough, chief of detectives, said the Rev. JAMES OWEN HARDY, who recently was ordained as a Church of God minister, was found shot to death in a bedroom of his home at 612 DeGroat Street.
Mrs. Hattie Harrison, 76, who boarded at HARDY's home was found dead in another bedroom, Scarbrough said.
Both had been shot with a .22 caliber rifle.
Scarbrough said HARDY was shot from the back and the bullet entered the base of his scull.
Mrs. Harrison had been shot in the left temple and was found lying on her bed with the rifle beside her.
Scarbrough said Mrs. Harrison had been renting a room at the HARDY home for several months. HARDY was a night shift worker at Dixie Mills. His wife was away from home working at the time of the shooting.
Scarbrough said Mrs. Harrison apparently shot HARDY and then went to her bedroom and took her own life. One cartridge shell was found in the rifle and one was located in one of the other rooms of the house.
Scarbrough said HARDY recently was ordained a minister of a Church of God on Clark Street. He said Mrs. Harrison had been active in organizing the new church.
Officers have been unable to establish a motive for the killing. They estimate the time of death at shortly after noon Wednesday.
AND...in the same issue:
Funeral services for James Owen Hardy, 40, of 612 DeGroat Street, who was shot to death at his home Wednesday, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at New Springs Methodist Church in Heard County.
The Revs. Jack Bryant and John Reese will officiate. Burial will be in New Springs Cemetery.
Hardy was a textile worker and a veteran of WWII. He was pastor of the Church of God of Prophesy in LaGrange.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Howard Hardy; one daughter, Miss Glenda Dell Hardy; two sons, Russell Thomas and James Curtis Hardy, all of LaGrange; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Hardy of Franklin; four sisters, Mrs. Hugh McClain and Mrs. Mort Bell, both of Franklin, and Mrs. Frank Smith and Mrs. Harvey Fuller both of Newnan; three brothers, Joe Hardy of Franklin, Henry Hardy of Newnan, and Earnest Hardy of Manchester.
Lipford and Stutts Funeral Home of Franklin in charge.
Contributor: Churchwell (46607715)
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