Joe Hardy
Posted: March 24, 2009
GORDO, Ala. — Joe Hardy, 81, died March 22, 2009, at Salem Nursing & Rehab Center. Services are today at 3 p.m. at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel in Reform, Ala., with the Rev. Kenneth Elmore officiating. Burial will follow at Corinth Cemetery. Visitation is today for one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Mr. Hardy was born Sept. 19, 1927, in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., to the late James Collins Hardy and Mollie Ethel Strickland Hardy. He was a member of Highland Baptist Church and a retired employee of Reliance Steel in Cottondale, Ala. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Truman and Jamie Hardy. He is survived by his sisters, Gladys Meharg of Reform, Ala., Ella Homan of Madison, Ala., and Orie Thrasher and Doris Parker, both of Gordo; and brothers, William and Ray Hardy, both of Gordo, and John Hardy of Reform. Pallbearers will be Randy, Howard and Richie Hardy, Josh Tilley, and Dwight and Tony Thrasher.