Mr. Earnest Hardy, 85, of Franklin, Ga., died Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at Newnan Hospital East.
A funeral will be 1 p.m. Thursday, April 10 at New Springs Congregational Methodist Church in Heard County. The Rev. Mark Willingham, the Rev. Jimmy Henry, and the Rev. Larry McDaniel will officiate; and burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Hardy was born August 20, 1917 in Heard County, son of the late Thomas and Ida Gray Hardy. A resident of Heard County most of his life, he lived in Manchester for 15 years before returning to Franklin in 1999. He was a member of the Church of God and was a retired textile loom mechanic.
Surviving are his wife, Lucille Arrington Hardy of Franklin; two daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and James Phillips and Kathy and James Owens, all of Franklin; two sons, Billy Hardy of Villa Rica and Larry Hardy of Roopville; two sisters, Eunice McLain and Jimmie Nell Bell, both of Franklin; 16 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Jackie Hardy; sisters, Winnie Fuller and Ina Smith; and brothers, Henry Hardy, Joe Hardy, Owen Hardy and Ormery Hardy.
Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, Ga.
A funeral will be 1 p.m. Thursday, April 10 at New Springs Congregational Methodist Church in Heard County. The Rev. Mark Willingham, the Rev. Jimmy Henry, and the Rev. Larry McDaniel will officiate; and burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Hardy was born August 20, 1917 in Heard County, son of the late Thomas and Ida Gray Hardy. A resident of Heard County most of his life, he lived in Manchester for 15 years before returning to Franklin in 1999. He was a member of the Church of God and was a retired textile loom mechanic.
Surviving are his wife, Lucille Arrington Hardy of Franklin; two daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and James Phillips and Kathy and James Owens, all of Franklin; two sons, Billy Hardy of Villa Rica and Larry Hardy of Roopville; two sisters, Eunice McLain and Jimmie Nell Bell, both of Franklin; 16 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Jackie Hardy; sisters, Winnie Fuller and Ina Smith; and brothers, Henry Hardy, Joe Hardy, Owen Hardy and Ormery Hardy.
Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, Ga.
Mr. Earnest Hardy, 85, of Franklin, Ga., died Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at Newnan Hospital East.
A funeral will be 1 p.m. Thursday, April 10 at New Springs Congregational Methodist Church in Heard County. The Rev. Mark Willingham, the Rev. Jimmy Henry, and the Rev. Larry McDaniel will officiate; and burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Hardy was born August 20, 1917 in Heard County, son of the late Thomas and Ida Gray Hardy. A resident of Heard County most of his life, he lived in Manchester for 15 years before returning to Franklin in 1999. He was a member of the Church of God and was a retired textile loom mechanic.
Surviving are his wife, Lucille Arrington Hardy of Franklin; two daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and James Phillips and Kathy and James Owens, all of Franklin; two sons, Billy Hardy of Villa Rica and Larry Hardy of Roopville; two sisters, Eunice McLain and Jimmie Nell Bell, both of Franklin; 16 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Jackie Hardy; sisters, Winnie Fuller and Ina Smith; and brothers, Henry Hardy, Joe Hardy, Owen Hardy and Ormery Hardy.
Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, Ga.
A funeral will be 1 p.m. Thursday, April 10 at New Springs Congregational Methodist Church in Heard County. The Rev. Mark Willingham, the Rev. Jimmy Henry, and the Rev. Larry McDaniel will officiate; and burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Hardy was born August 20, 1917 in Heard County, son of the late Thomas and Ida Gray Hardy. A resident of Heard County most of his life, he lived in Manchester for 15 years before returning to Franklin in 1999. He was a member of the Church of God and was a retired textile loom mechanic.
Surviving are his wife, Lucille Arrington Hardy of Franklin; two daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and James Phillips and Kathy and James Owens, all of Franklin; two sons, Billy Hardy of Villa Rica and Larry Hardy of Roopville; two sisters, Eunice McLain and Jimmie Nell Bell, both of Franklin; 16 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Jackie Hardy; sisters, Winnie Fuller and Ina Smith; and brothers, Henry Hardy, Joe Hardy, Owen Hardy and Ormery Hardy.
Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, Ga.
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