Gertrude Church Hardin
"God Don't Do Nothing Wrong"
Mrs. Gertrude Church Hardin, "Mama Gert," 83, of Columbia, TN, passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at Maury Regional Medical Center.
She was born in Chattanooga, TN to the late Clifford Church Sr. and Myrtle Choate Church and moved to Maury County in her early years. She was a retired employee of Joseph Brown Elementary School where she served many, many years in the cafeteria. She was a faithful member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years William "PaPa" Hardin Sr; son William "Ace" Hardin Jr; foster parents Charlie and Louise Choate Sandford; stepmother Adeline Church; sister Edna Church; brother Clifford Church Jr. and Tonalius "T" Gilbert, raised as a god-grandson.
She is survived by a loving daughter Sheila Hardin and niece, who was raised as a daughter, Bonnie Hall, both of Columbia, TN; first cousins raised as brothers and sisters, sister Belinda Wells of Detroit, MI; stepsister Willie Mae Lawson of Chattanooga, TN; daughter-in-law Ann Hardin of Romulus, MI; brother-in-laws Raymond Jack (Pat) Hardin of Chattanooga, TN, and Maurice (Marcellous) Hardin of Denver, CO; sister-in-law Patricia Spann of Nashville, TN; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and a host of mentored children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
The body will lie in state Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, from noon-7 pm at Roundtree, Napier & Ogilvie Coluimbia Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, from 11 am-noon. The funeral will follow at Mt. Vernon M.B. Church with the Rev. A.E. Paschall officiating.
Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.
Roundtree, Napier & Ogilvie Columbia Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Columbia Daily herald 23 Sep 2011.
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1930 Census, taken 8 Apr 1930, has Clifford Church, 23, hospital orderly, married at 21 to Myrtle, 22, married at 20, living in Chatanooga, Hamilton County, TN. They have a daughter Gertrude, 2.
1940 Census, taken 3 Apr 1940, has Freeman Choat, 57, dry rock picker for fertilizer co, married to Mattie, 57, living in 8th Civil District, Maury County, TN. Also in the household are: grandson Charlie Symlar, 19, farm laborer; grandson Edward Harden, 16, farm laborer; granddaughter Gertrude Church, 12; granddaughter Edna Church, 9; grandson Clifford Church, 8; and lodger Wesley Anderson, m, 28.
Tennessee Marriage Records have William Hardin, 18, born 2 Feb 1928, and Gertrude Church, 19, born 19 Nov 1927, both from Columbia, Maury County, TN, married on 11 Jan 1947 in Maury County.
US City Directories for Columbia, TN has:
1948: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 1 jan Central HS
1953: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 1 cook Denhams Restr
1958: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 2 trk dr Shapard lbr Co
US Public Records Index, Vol 1 has Gertrude Hardin, born 29 Nov 1927, living in Columbia, TN, in 1991.
US Social Security Death Index has Gertrude Hardin, born 29 Nov 1927, died 18 Sep 2011. Last residence was Columbia, TN.
"God Don't Do Nothing Wrong"
Mrs. Gertrude Church Hardin, "Mama Gert," 83, of Columbia, TN, passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at Maury Regional Medical Center.
She was born in Chattanooga, TN to the late Clifford Church Sr. and Myrtle Choate Church and moved to Maury County in her early years. She was a retired employee of Joseph Brown Elementary School where she served many, many years in the cafeteria. She was a faithful member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years William "PaPa" Hardin Sr; son William "Ace" Hardin Jr; foster parents Charlie and Louise Choate Sandford; stepmother Adeline Church; sister Edna Church; brother Clifford Church Jr. and Tonalius "T" Gilbert, raised as a god-grandson.
She is survived by a loving daughter Sheila Hardin and niece, who was raised as a daughter, Bonnie Hall, both of Columbia, TN; first cousins raised as brothers and sisters, sister Belinda Wells of Detroit, MI; stepsister Willie Mae Lawson of Chattanooga, TN; daughter-in-law Ann Hardin of Romulus, MI; brother-in-laws Raymond Jack (Pat) Hardin of Chattanooga, TN, and Maurice (Marcellous) Hardin of Denver, CO; sister-in-law Patricia Spann of Nashville, TN; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and a host of mentored children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
The body will lie in state Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, from noon-7 pm at Roundtree, Napier & Ogilvie Coluimbia Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, from 11 am-noon. The funeral will follow at Mt. Vernon M.B. Church with the Rev. A.E. Paschall officiating.
Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.
Roundtree, Napier & Ogilvie Columbia Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Columbia Daily herald 23 Sep 2011.
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1930 Census, taken 8 Apr 1930, has Clifford Church, 23, hospital orderly, married at 21 to Myrtle, 22, married at 20, living in Chatanooga, Hamilton County, TN. They have a daughter Gertrude, 2.
1940 Census, taken 3 Apr 1940, has Freeman Choat, 57, dry rock picker for fertilizer co, married to Mattie, 57, living in 8th Civil District, Maury County, TN. Also in the household are: grandson Charlie Symlar, 19, farm laborer; grandson Edward Harden, 16, farm laborer; granddaughter Gertrude Church, 12; granddaughter Edna Church, 9; grandson Clifford Church, 8; and lodger Wesley Anderson, m, 28.
Tennessee Marriage Records have William Hardin, 18, born 2 Feb 1928, and Gertrude Church, 19, born 19 Nov 1927, both from Columbia, Maury County, TN, married on 11 Jan 1947 in Maury County.
US City Directories for Columbia, TN has:
1948: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 1 jan Central HS
1953: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 1 cook Denhams Restr
1958: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 2 trk dr Shapard lbr Co
US Public Records Index, Vol 1 has Gertrude Hardin, born 29 Nov 1927, living in Columbia, TN, in 1991.
US Social Security Death Index has Gertrude Hardin, born 29 Nov 1927, died 18 Sep 2011. Last residence was Columbia, TN.
Gertrude Church Hardin
"God Don't Do Nothing Wrong"
Mrs. Gertrude Church Hardin, "Mama Gert," 83, of Columbia, TN, passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at Maury Regional Medical Center.
She was born in Chattanooga, TN to the late Clifford Church Sr. and Myrtle Choate Church and moved to Maury County in her early years. She was a retired employee of Joseph Brown Elementary School where she served many, many years in the cafeteria. She was a faithful member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years William "PaPa" Hardin Sr; son William "Ace" Hardin Jr; foster parents Charlie and Louise Choate Sandford; stepmother Adeline Church; sister Edna Church; brother Clifford Church Jr. and Tonalius "T" Gilbert, raised as a god-grandson.
She is survived by a loving daughter Sheila Hardin and niece, who was raised as a daughter, Bonnie Hall, both of Columbia, TN; first cousins raised as brothers and sisters, sister Belinda Wells of Detroit, MI; stepsister Willie Mae Lawson of Chattanooga, TN; daughter-in-law Ann Hardin of Romulus, MI; brother-in-laws Raymond Jack (Pat) Hardin of Chattanooga, TN, and Maurice (Marcellous) Hardin of Denver, CO; sister-in-law Patricia Spann of Nashville, TN; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and a host of mentored children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
The body will lie in state Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, from noon-7 pm at Roundtree, Napier & Ogilvie Coluimbia Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, from 11 am-noon. The funeral will follow at Mt. Vernon M.B. Church with the Rev. A.E. Paschall officiating.
Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.
Roundtree, Napier & Ogilvie Columbia Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Columbia Daily herald 23 Sep 2011.
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1930 Census, taken 8 Apr 1930, has Clifford Church, 23, hospital orderly, married at 21 to Myrtle, 22, married at 20, living in Chatanooga, Hamilton County, TN. They have a daughter Gertrude, 2.
1940 Census, taken 3 Apr 1940, has Freeman Choat, 57, dry rock picker for fertilizer co, married to Mattie, 57, living in 8th Civil District, Maury County, TN. Also in the household are: grandson Charlie Symlar, 19, farm laborer; grandson Edward Harden, 16, farm laborer; granddaughter Gertrude Church, 12; granddaughter Edna Church, 9; grandson Clifford Church, 8; and lodger Wesley Anderson, m, 28.
Tennessee Marriage Records have William Hardin, 18, born 2 Feb 1928, and Gertrude Church, 19, born 19 Nov 1927, both from Columbia, Maury County, TN, married on 11 Jan 1947 in Maury County.
US City Directories for Columbia, TN has:
1948: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 1 jan Central HS
1953: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 1 cook Denhams Restr
1958: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 2 trk dr Shapard lbr Co
US Public Records Index, Vol 1 has Gertrude Hardin, born 29 Nov 1927, living in Columbia, TN, in 1991.
US Social Security Death Index has Gertrude Hardin, born 29 Nov 1927, died 18 Sep 2011. Last residence was Columbia, TN.
"God Don't Do Nothing Wrong"
Mrs. Gertrude Church Hardin, "Mama Gert," 83, of Columbia, TN, passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at Maury Regional Medical Center.
She was born in Chattanooga, TN to the late Clifford Church Sr. and Myrtle Choate Church and moved to Maury County in her early years. She was a retired employee of Joseph Brown Elementary School where she served many, many years in the cafeteria. She was a faithful member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years William "PaPa" Hardin Sr; son William "Ace" Hardin Jr; foster parents Charlie and Louise Choate Sandford; stepmother Adeline Church; sister Edna Church; brother Clifford Church Jr. and Tonalius "T" Gilbert, raised as a god-grandson.
She is survived by a loving daughter Sheila Hardin and niece, who was raised as a daughter, Bonnie Hall, both of Columbia, TN; first cousins raised as brothers and sisters, sister Belinda Wells of Detroit, MI; stepsister Willie Mae Lawson of Chattanooga, TN; daughter-in-law Ann Hardin of Romulus, MI; brother-in-laws Raymond Jack (Pat) Hardin of Chattanooga, TN, and Maurice (Marcellous) Hardin of Denver, CO; sister-in-law Patricia Spann of Nashville, TN; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and a host of mentored children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
The body will lie in state Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, from noon-7 pm at Roundtree, Napier & Ogilvie Coluimbia Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, from 11 am-noon. The funeral will follow at Mt. Vernon M.B. Church with the Rev. A.E. Paschall officiating.
Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.
Roundtree, Napier & Ogilvie Columbia Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Columbia Daily herald 23 Sep 2011.
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1930 Census, taken 8 Apr 1930, has Clifford Church, 23, hospital orderly, married at 21 to Myrtle, 22, married at 20, living in Chatanooga, Hamilton County, TN. They have a daughter Gertrude, 2.
1940 Census, taken 3 Apr 1940, has Freeman Choat, 57, dry rock picker for fertilizer co, married to Mattie, 57, living in 8th Civil District, Maury County, TN. Also in the household are: grandson Charlie Symlar, 19, farm laborer; grandson Edward Harden, 16, farm laborer; granddaughter Gertrude Church, 12; granddaughter Edna Church, 9; grandson Clifford Church, 8; and lodger Wesley Anderson, m, 28.
Tennessee Marriage Records have William Hardin, 18, born 2 Feb 1928, and Gertrude Church, 19, born 19 Nov 1927, both from Columbia, Maury County, TN, married on 11 Jan 1947 in Maury County.
US City Directories for Columbia, TN has:
1948: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 1 jan Central HS
1953: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 1 cook Denhams Restr
1958: Hardin Wm M (Gertrude) 2 trk dr Shapard lbr Co
US Public Records Index, Vol 1 has Gertrude Hardin, born 29 Nov 1927, living in Columbia, TN, in 1991.
US Social Security Death Index has Gertrude Hardin, born 29 Nov 1927, died 18 Sep 2011. Last residence was Columbia, TN.
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