Mary Lou Hardy

Mrs Mary Lou Hardy 38, wife of Shepherd Hardy, passed quietly away at her home near Ponce de Leon last Wednesday, Oct 4.  Mrs Hardy died after almost 2 yrs of illness. She leaves a husband Shepherd and 7 children, Mary Jr, Monroe, Ezra, Leo, Earl, Rosette, and Charles; 4 sisters Mrs Frank Holman, Mrs Nora Elliott, Mrs Letty Champion, & Miss Idealia Smith, 2 brothers, Dan Smith, and Benjamin Smith whose is serving in South Pacific with the U S Army. Services were Thursday at Red Bay Presbyterian church, interment in Red Bay Cemetery.

[Source: Summarized by Lois Danley and Sharon Watson from The DeFuniak Herald, October 12, 1944.]

[Burial: Red Bay Cemetery, Red Bay]