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Submitted: 5/10/16 • Approved: 5/13/16 • Last Updated: 5/16/16 • R1138331-G1138329-S3
W T A
Dec 11, 1920 - Jan 11, 2001
Adele
Mar 15, 1921 - Apr 26, 2010
Adele Hardin, age 89, of Rector, Ark., went home to be with her Lord on April 26, 2010, at the Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Ark.
Mrs. Hardin was born March 15, 1921, in Paragould, Ark., to the late Harvey and Maggie Sammons. She was married on Dec. 22, 1940, to W.T.A. Hardin. They were married for 60 years.
She taught for many years in the Greenway and Corning School districts. She loved to teach. She loved her students and they loved her. She was a member of the Boydsville Missionary Baptist Church for 70 years where she loved being part of this fellowship. She enjoyed gardening, growing flowers, watching birds and seeing the beauty of God's creation.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, W.T.A. Hardin, on Jan. 11, 2001; a daughter, Linda Kaye Hardin; four sisters, Lessie Prince, Marie Rutledge, Shirley Latham and Ruby Biggs, and a brother, Maurice Sammons.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Ellen Hardin of Little Rock, Ark.; a daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Sonny Brown of Rector, Ark.; seven grandchildren, whom she dearly loved, Kevin and Sun Hwa Brown, Corey and Kathryn Brown, David and Karisa Hardin, Daniel and Autumn Hardin, Mark and Whitney Hardin, Julie and Mike Whalen, and Jenny and Mark Bradley; nine precious great-grandchildren, Sara Brown, Deacon Brown, Daniel Benjamin Hardin, Caroline Hardin, Mark Timothy Hardin, Thomas Hardin, Avery Adele Whalen, Elijah Whalen and Haley Hardin; a beloved brother-in-law, Bill Biggs of Paragould, Ark., and many nephews, nieces and a host of other relatives and friends.
The children would like to give special thanks for the care she received from Drs.
Ira Gerhner, Nancy Rector, Douglas Holloway, Adalberto Fonticiella and the nursing staff at the Baptist Health Medical Center.
Visitation was at 7 p.m., Friday, April 30, in the Irby Funeral Home Chapel in Rector. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 1, in the Rector First General Baptist Church with Brother Phillip Bynum and Brother Marston Carpenter officiating. Interment will be in the Woodland Heights Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock or St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Those who wish may sign the online guest book at www.irbyfuneralhome.com.
Children:
Linda Kaye Hardin (1944 - 1945)
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Contributed on 5/10/16 by hawkinsdonna
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